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Tuesday 25 March 2025 e Wednesday 26 March 2025, 02:00 PM • Sarzana

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A pair of cased target percussion pistols, Mid 19th Century

Estimate

€ 1.000 - 1.500

Sold

€ 2.125

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Belgium
length 41.5 cm.
Octagonal, rifled, 13 mm cal. barrels (bore with pitting, clearly visible rifling), made of damask, bases engraved and numbered "1" and "2"; later marked "CANON A RUBANS" and gold-inlaid; on the left side, mark of the Liège test bench, precision foresight. Tangs numbered and engraved en suite, provided with rear sight. Forward spring locks decorated with floral motifs and rays. Wooden, three-quarter stocks with sculpted fore-end cap and grooved butts. Engraved brass mounts; trigger guards with finger support. Set triggers. The mechanism of one pistol needs revision. Kept in their wooden case covered with green cloth, provided with tools, missing key.