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a wooden box with a bunch of different tools in it
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133 - A fine pair of percussion pistols, with octagonal Damascus s…
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Estimate €2,000 - €3,000
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Description
A fine pair of percussion pistols, with octagonal Damascus steel barrels featuring a ribbon design in high relief, fitted with an adjustable blued steel front sight; length 17.7 mm, calibre 8 mm, four grooves; breech blocks with flanges reinforced on the chamber side, made of grey steel engraved with foliage motifs, one bearing the number ‘1’ in gold within an oval, the other bearing the number ‘2’; breech-ends engraved as a set, fitted with an adjustable blued steel rear sight; grey rear hammers, entirely engraved with foliage and a trophy of arms, adorned around the edge with a silver border; steel hammers decorated in a continuous design, with a snake-shaped trigger guard, and round caps also engraved in a continuous design; walnut stocks, chequered and decorated with inlays, including those at the rear of the plates in the form of foliage, with short scrolls carved at the ends into the head of a feline; total length 33 cm. Very good condition. They are housed in a handcrafted, varnished mahogany case; a folding white metal handle on the top of the lid; the wooden interior is lined with beige-dyed chamois leather; it contains numerous accessories: a box for capsules, two sticks, aspring remover, a grease box, a copper powder puff, a ball mould, a tool with two screwdriver blades forming a spring removerand a punch for cutting out lock cylinders; 38 x 29 x 8 cm. (The lock has been rendered inoperable; lid cracked, restored). Good to very good condition. Period piece, probably from Eastern Europe, circa 1850/1860.
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About the sale Antique weapons, historical memorabilia and decorations
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Auction time 11/04/2026 at 11:00 AM
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