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94 - Revolver by Devisme, Paris, formerly owned by Prince Napoleo…
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Estimate €6,000 - €8,000
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Revolver by Devisme, Paris, formerly owned by Prince Napoleon, the future Napoleon III: Mariette system, percussion, four rotating barrels, full-metal balls, made of blued steel, engraved with foliage and damascened with silver; the first is engraved with ‘DEVISME’, the second: ‘ARQUEBUSIER’, the third: ‘BT DES ITALIENS 36’ and the last: ‘ˇ PARIS’, calibre 12 mm; round stock, damascened throughout and engraved on the top with the numeral: ‘N B’ surmounted by an imperial eagle; the inner side of the trigger guard is hallmarked: ‘J D’; stock plates in ebony carved with foliage; length 19 cm. Presidential period. Good condition. Charles, Louis, Napoleon BONAPARTE, son of Louis BONAPARTE, King of Holland, brother of Napoleon I, and of Hortense de BEAUHARNAIS, born on 20 April 1808. Aftermany vicissitudes, he became Prince-President of the French Republic on 10 December 1848, and subsequently Emperor following the coup d’of 2 December 1851; he reigned until 4 September 1870 and died in exile in Great Britain on 9 January 1873, in Chislehurst. DEVISME Louis, François, successor to DEBOUBERT in 1830, 12 Rue du Helder, then 36 Boulevard des Italiens; he filed numerous patents between 1854 and 1860; he exhibited in Paris in 1839, 1844, 1849, 1855 (first-class medal) and 1867, and in London in 1851 and 1862; he supplied some very fine firearms to Emperor Napoleon III. The second revolver pistol in the pair was sold at auction in 2008 by CZERNY, lot no. 1642, where it fetched 22,000 ? under the hammer. PROVENANCE: former LEMASSON collection, auction of 7 and 8 April 2016, lot no. 66.
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Auction time 11/04/2026 at 11:00 AM
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