HOTEL DES VENTES GIRAUDEAU
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France, End of the Reign of Louis XVI (France, 1774–1793).
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164
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France, End of the Reign of Louis XVI (France, 1774–1793).
See original version (French)
Estimate 150 € - 200 €
Voluntary lot
Description
France, End of the Reign of Louis XVI (France, 1774–1793).
Flintlock pistol.
Calibre approx. 15 mm. Smooth-bore barrel with fluted sections, a bulge and a round muzzle, fitted with a barleycorn front sight. The breech block is engraved with friezes of geometric motifs. Round-bodied flintlock lock with a round swan-neck hammer, undecorated. Cut steel fittings, chiselled with small decorative motifs. Walnut stock with a long moulded barrel, decorated with silver fillet inlays. Steel cap with short lugs, chiselled with a small continuous decoration. Wooden trigger guard with a light-coloured horn tip. Functional mechanism with two distinct cocking notches, free of play. The inside of the barrel is clean.
32 x 17.5 cm.
(Pistol previously restored, barrel re-bronzed, in good condition).
See original version (French)
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Ref. : 0028147 - 4
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