Lot 179*
A Cased Pair Of Liège 40-Bore Percussion Target PistolsNo. 595, Mid-19th Century
24 November 2021, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge£4,000 - £5,000
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No. 595, Mid-19th Century
No. 595, Mid-19th Century
With damascus twist octagonal sighted polygroove rifled barrels (one with small areas of pitting) each inlaid in gold '..DAMAS DE PARIS..' within a silver line panel between graduated gold and silver foliate ovals, the breeches with decorative gold and silver lines, tangs each with back-sight and engraved with foliage highlighted in gold and silver, border engraved detented back-action locks and hammers decorated with foliage, the former each highlighted with small gold dots and silver lines, figured half-stocks with rounded butts each carved with laurel chequering, fore-ends (one with minor old crack) each carved in relief with lion-mask, turned oval ebony pommels each with white-metal butt-trap with hinged silver cover cast and chased with a Herculean mask, case-hardened spur trigger-guards en suite with the locks, blued adjustable set triggers, shield-shaped vacant gold escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, and no provision for ramrods: in original brass-bound veneered wooden case fitted and lined in plum velvet with full accessories including white-metal powder-flask embossed with a stag within strapwork on both sides, the exterior of the lid with ovoidal brass plate incorporating a flush-fitting brass carrying handle, Liège proof
21.8 cm. barrels
21.8 cm. barrels
Footnotes
Provenance
Christie's London, Antique Arms and Armour, 16 December 2002, lot 146
