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

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An elegant pair of cased target percussion pistols

Estimate

€ 2.500 - 3.000

Sold

€ 3.750

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

length 43 cm.
Octagonal, rifled, browned (missing parts) barrels, the bases engraved with scrolls, numbered ‘1’ and ‘2’ and with mark of the Liège test bench, precision foresight, 10.5 mm cal. at the nozzle. Finely engraved tangs with adjustable rear sight, numbered en suite in gold. Elegant forward spring locks with floral engravings on a grey background, lowered tangs, the pistons with spark arresters; working mechanisms. Beautiful three-quarter wooden stocks with fore-end caps carved with racemes in bas-relief and butts with grooves following the curvature. Engraved iron mounts, trigger guards with finger rests. In their wooden case with brass mounts, lined with burgundy velvet inside (very faded), complete with all tools; missing key.