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HOTEL DES VENTES GIRAUDEAU
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France, Restoration period (1814–1830).
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193
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France, Restoration period (1814–1830).
See original version (French)
Estimate €40 - €60
Voluntary lot
Description
France, Restoration period (1814–1830).
Travel pistol or percussion pistol.
Calibre approx. 15 mm. All metal parts with a light grey patina and small patches of oxidation in places. Smooth-bore octagonal barrel, originally damascened, with rear sight and front sight. The breech block is engraved with a small decorative motif. Flat-bodied percussion lock, chiselled with a small floral design, and a flat-bodied hammer decorated in the same style. Steel counter-plate cut into a bat’s wing shape and chiselled in the same style. Round walnut stock with a cap forming a primer well. All fittings in cut and chiselled nickel silver. Trigger under the trigger guard. Steel trigger bar present. Functional mechanism with two clear cocking notches and no play. Interior of the barrel with surface oxidation.
28 cm (barrels 15 cm).
(Signs of wear and normal use; the wood is damaged and split in places; the screw head on the rear plate is damaged; the trigger guard has been repaired; the primer chamber cover is damaged and missing. Sold as is).
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Ref. : 0017182 - 104
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