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Wednesday 25 September 2024 e Thursday 26 September 2024, 02:00 PM • Sarzana

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A pair of cased percussion pistols, Mid 19th Century

Estimate

€ 1.800 - 2.200

Sold

€ 2.500

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Belgio
length 41 cm.
Round, rifled, 9,8 mm cal. barrels with polygonal bore (of hexagonal section), of damask, with remains of earlier finishing, slot to insert the foresight at the nozzle (the foresight is missing in a pistol). The breech blocks are engraved with racemes and numbered "1" and "2". Tangs engraved and numbered en suite and provided with fore-end. Forward spring locks engraved with racemes. Working mechanisms. Half stocks made of walnut wood carved with racemes on the fore-end cap and with butt decorated with fullers and fuses. Iron mounts engraved en suite, with remains of earlier finishing. Triggers with adjustment screw. Kept in an earlier case with green cloth lining (signs of use and time), complete with some tools, not all matching.