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Case containing a PAIR of PISTOLS finished by LE PAGE in Paris
France – 19th century.
Steel, wood and gold.
Total length: 40cm - Barrel length: 24.5 cm - Muzzle diameter: 12mm
Octagonal, rifled, damascus barrels, numbered 1 & 2 respectively. They are marked on the top: Rayé par Le Page; breeches marbled and enhanced with gilding; breeches marbled tails.
Flat-body plates, line-engraved and signed Fni. By Lepage. Percussion operation.
Trigger tails with stetchers. Trigger guards with finger rests, marbled and ending in bouquets.
Steel counter-plates, marbled, representing wings, engraved, with a spider web motif.
Olive cap pommels, marbled and engraved.
Short barrel mounts, carved with shells at the barrels, and friezes at the pommels. Checkered stocks. Each of the mounts bears the numbers 7120 & 491.
Gold thumb pieces cut into a star.
Very good condition.
Oak box, with a brass cartouche on the lid. Green felt trim. Double-locking lock; with its key.
Complete with its accessories. The bullet mold bears the number of the pistols 491. Replacement screwdriver. (43.5 x 27.5)
Ref.: 5374
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This collector's weapon is, according to article L311-2 of the Internal Security Code, classified as a collector's weapon, category D. Its acquisition and possession are free. We remind you that their sale is prohibited to minors.
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