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‘Mariette-Deprez’ percussion revolver, six-shot, 8 mm calibr…
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‘Mariette-Deprez’ percussion revolver, six-shot, 8 mm calibr…
See original version (French)
Estimate €600 - €800
Voluntary lot
Description
‘Mariette-Deprez’ percussion revolver, six-shot, 8 mm calibre, single-action.
Flanged barrel, blued with a patina, stamped on the left-hand side with ‘MARIETTE BREVETE’ and ‘J.M DEPREZ’, numbered ‘83’, with an extractor rod on the right-hand side. Open frame. Liège-stamped cylinder decorated with fluting.
Checkered walnut grip, with a carved ebony cap.
Blued finish with patina.
Length: 24 cm.
B.E. Circa 1850.
Jean Mathieu DESPREZ, gunsmith in Wandre (Liège), holder of Belgian revolver patents in 1857, 1858, 1863 and 1876. Guillaume MARIETTE, gunsmith and inventor in Chératte (Liège). Paris Exhibition of 1855. Held some twenty patents between 1840 and 1872. – Expert: Arnaud de Gouvion Saint-Cyr
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