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Thursday 12 December 2024 e Friday 13 December 2024, 02:00 PM • Sarzana

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A pair of extraordinary silver-mounted flintlock pistols by Peyret - Dumarest

Estimate

€ 3.000 - 5.000

Sold

€ 11.250

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

length 36 cm.
Round, smoothbore barrels with square base and provided with rings, the entire length decorated with beautiful yellow-gold-inlaid engravings depicting a crowned fleur-de-lis, trophies, thunderbolts and floral motifs on a browned background. Silver foresights, 16 mm cal at the nozzle. Engraved tangs with sight, featuringgold-plated screw. Elegant flintlocks with round plates, signed ‘Peyret Dumarest in St. Etienne’, lowered, carved and gilded tangs; watertight pans, the hammer screw is gilded. Wooden full stock with beautiful floral carvings around the tangs. Beautiful silver mounts richly decorated with trophies and floral motifs in high and low relief; various marks; backstraps with shield featuring a crescent moon amongrays. Gilded-silver-tipped, iron ramrods with iron cartridge extractors.