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A Liège 12-Bore Flintlock Military PistolBy G. Berleur A Liège, Early 19th Century
25 July 2012, 10:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,000 inc. premium
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By G. Berleur A Liège, Early 19th Century
By G. Berleur A Liège, Early 19th Century
With plain russet barrel and tang, the former retained by a shaped pierced brass barrel band, flat bevelled lock etched 'G. Berleur fbt d'armes a Liège, brass pan, figured full stock with rounded butt, regulation brass mounts including rounded side-plate and slightly beaked pommel, and no provision for a ramrod, Liège proof
21.7 cm. barrel
21.7 cm. barrel
Footnotes
For another example see Robert E. Brooker, Armes De Poing Militaires Francaises..., 2006, p. 249
Guillaume Berleur is recorded in Liège from about 1780 until 1830. He is also recorded as working at the Manufactory at Versaille in 1800








