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106 - A beautiful case made of light-coloured solid wood, with an …
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Estimate €2,000 - €2,500
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A beautiful case made of light-coloured solid wood, with an English-style mount. Resting on a bed of burgundy velvet is a fine pair of flintlock saddle pistols by Roussel of Rouen. Smooth-bore octagonal barrels, 44 calibre, with one-pound rolling balls. Finished with a ‘dead leaves’ pattern and decorated with ground gold at the muzzle and breech. Round-bodied hammers, one bearing the signature ‘Roussel’ and the other ‘Rouen’. Round swan-neck hammers, round iron basins, and spring-loaded hammers screwed from the inside. Iron-mounted weapons, oval-shaped, bevelled-sided caps with a concave step, engraved on the underside with a heliotrope flower set against a floral urn motif at the front, with rod channels. Horn rods, one with a bullet extractor and one with a string washer. Beautiful mount in varnished havana walnut, checkered at the grip with a fine checkered pattern in seed grain. Total length of pistols: 220 mm. Mechanism in working order. The partially filled case also contains a single-cavity round ball mould, the handle of which doubles as a screwdriver. A white metal oil can and a few original round balls in one compartment, and two spare flints in the other. The right-angled slope of the grips on these pistols is almost certainly indicative of production during the First Empire. A beautifully crafted weapon. The front plate of the frame on one of the pistols has been very neatly re-glued at the front, near the barrel retaining pins. Condition 1-
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About the sale Pleasure sale: Militaria, wines, books
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Auction time 06/25/2026 at 2:00 PM
Ref. : C00363 - 137
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