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Lot 72
A Very Fine Pair Of French 22-Bore Flintlock Silver-Mounted PistolsBy Vigouroux A Bordeaux, French Silver Hallmarks For 1798-1809
24 June – 8 July 2025, 12:00 BST
Online, London, Knightsbridge£8,000 - £10,000
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A Very Fine Pair Of French 22-Bore Flintlock Silver-Mounted Pistols
By Vigouroux A Bordeaux, French Silver Hallmarks For 1798-1809
By Vigouroux A Bordeaux, French Silver Hallmarks For 1798-1809
With octagonal sighted polygroove rifled barrels each inlaid with a line of stamped gold stars along the top flats over two thirds of its length to the gilt muzzle, the top flats at the breech covered in gold and engraved at the rear, gold-lined touch-holes, the bottom flats at the breech stamped with indistinct barrelsmith's name and 'Tordu', foliate engraved tangs each incorporating the back-sight, silver-covered signed rounded locks each with blued gold-lined pan, blued cocks and steel-springs, figured full stocks each with peaked pommel and chequered grip, the latter bordered with inlaid silver wire lines and gilt dots centred on small mother-of-pearl roundels, mounts comprising side-nail plates, one engraved with foliage and the other as a flaming grenade, escutcheon engraved with owner's monogram within a silver wire laurel wreath, butt-cap with a flower-head centred on the retaining screw, trigger-guard with foliate finial and engraved foliage on the bow, blued adjustable set triggers, ramrod-pipes engraved with diagonal lines, the rear ones each with foliate terminal, and original horn-tipped ramrods, St. Etienne proof (2)
21.7 cm. barrels
21.7 cm. barrels
