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A rare pair of over-and-under barreled percussion pistols for the Oriental market, Mid 19th Century
Estimate
€ 700 - 1.200
Sold
€ 1.000
The price includes buyer's premium
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Belgio
length 34,5 cm.
Round, twisted barrels, with remains of rifling and of the Liège mark. A pistol marked "17.4"(probably the calibre). The breech blocks with two flanked nipples engraved with leaves. Backwards spring locks carved with floral motifs, working mechanisms. Hammers carved en suite. Wooden butts carved with floral motifs and with remains of knurled segments. Butt-plates surrounded by leaves, both provided with primer case with white medal lid; one with a bearded face in relief, the other with a female face. Pale yellow, alpacca-like trigger guards, carved and engraved with leaves. The rear part of the handles with trigger guards in pale yellow nickel-silver metal, carved and engraved with shield featuring a a short inscription in Arabic characters.
length 34,5 cm.
Round, twisted barrels, with remains of rifling and of the Liège mark. A pistol marked "17.4"(probably the calibre). The breech blocks with two flanked nipples engraved with leaves. Backwards spring locks carved with floral motifs, working mechanisms. Hammers carved en suite. Wooden butts carved with floral motifs and with remains of knurled segments. Butt-plates surrounded by leaves, both provided with primer case with white medal lid; one with a bearded face in relief, the other with a female face. Pale yellow, alpacca-like trigger guards, carved and engraved with leaves. The rear part of the handles with trigger guards in pale yellow nickel-silver metal, carved and engraved with shield featuring a a short inscription in Arabic characters.
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Si tratta di un'asta indipendente da Finarte e come tale gestita interamente a Sarzana da Czerny's. Per oggetti considerati "arma" dalla legge italiana per l'acquisto è necessaThis is an independent auction from Finarte and as such is managed entirely in Sarzana by Czerny's.
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Si tratta di un'asta indipendente da Finarte e come tale gestita interamente a Sarzana da Czerny's. Per oggetti considerati "arma" dalla legge italiana per l'acquisto è necessaThis is an independent auction from Finarte and as such is managed entirely in Sarzana by Czerny's.