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Lot 292*
An Unusual Pair Of French 20-Bore Percussion Box-Lock PistolsBy LePage Moutier A Paris, Circa 1850
29 April 2010, 11:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,560 inc. premium
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By LePage Moutier A Paris, Circa 1850
By LePage Moutier A Paris, Circa 1850
With turn-off barrels each signed in full within an etched panel along the top, actions each incorporating a back-sight and deeply etched with foliage inhabited by a differing winged dragon on both sides, and with crowned owner's monogram behind the hammer, the hammers and folding triggers etched en suite with the actions, unusual slightly curved swelling ebony butts each flat along the top, bottom and sides, and butt-traps each with sprung pivoting cover etched with foliage (2)
7.8 cm. barrels
7.8 cm. barrels
Footnotes
Louis-Michel LePage-Moutier was the son-in-law of Henri LePage and succeeded him in 1842. He died in 1868








