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131 - *A rare gift set containing a pair of mercury fulminate pist…
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Estimate €40,000 - €50,000
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*A rare gift set containing a pair of mercury fulminate pistols by Le Page, Paris: Octagonal barrels, slightly flaredmade of Damascus steel with ribbon-patterned, hairline-rifled barrels, gold-plated at the muzzles, marked on the side panels: ‘Le Page Paris’ and ‘Arqer de l’Empereur’, muzzles with gilded decoration, adjustable silver sights on an inclined blued steel backing, 13 mm calibre; the barrels are marked on the underside: ‘N 70’, ‘A 1812’ and the Liège mark; breech blocks fully engraved and numbered: ‘1’ and ‘2’; marbled steel hammers, engraved with animals and marked in the centre: ‘Le Page’ in an oval gold medallion surrounded by cornucopias, numbered on the inside: ‘N 70’ and dated: ‘A 1812’, blued mainspring barrels and large internal springs; jasped steel fittings, cut and engraved with scrolls, foliage and animals; bridge finger grips engraved with foliage and a dragon; stocks with short, veined walnut butts, chequered grips, engraved oval caps, surrounded by a frieze of acanthus leaves in ebony. Mahogany-veneered box, with brass mouldings and corner pieces; the top adorned with a central escutcheon; the inside of the lid lined, on the sideswith red morocco leather, the base with green morocco leather, both adorned with a gold frieze; theinside of the box is lined with red morocco leather, part of which is gilded with metalwork; the bases and borders of the compartments are lined with green morocco leather; it is very complete with numerous accessories, including a translucent horn powder flask with a gilded brass mount, and those necessary for this systemsystem: a fulminate pellet dispenser and a tool for dismantling the cylinder forming the bassinet, a bullet mould with consecutively numbered bullets: ?70?; length of the pistols 35.5 cm, case 45 x 27.5 x 9 cm. (Slight crack in the lid). Early First Empire period. Very good condition. LE PAGE Jean, arquebusier and armourer, Paris, 1779–1822, b. 1746, d. 1834. He served as arquebusier to Louis XVI, the First Consul, then the Emperor and Louis XVIII. He invented the fulminate system, patented on 28 April 1810, which he termed ‘his new system’; only a very small number of firearms were manufactured using this system. Unlike his colleague and rival Nicolas-Noël Boutet, he remained in the good graces of the new regime during the Restoration. He was based at 950 Rue de la Loi in 1798, and later moved to number 494 on the same street, which would become Rue de Richelieu, and his workshop was given the number13, which later became number 8. His sons Henri, Jean, André and Prosper succeeded him in 1822, and he retired in 1842; born in 1792? Died in 1854.
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Auction time 11/04/2026 at 11:00 AM
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