Skip to main content

This auction has ended. View lot details

You may also be interested in

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

Lot 5387ANTIQUE

A cased pair of French percussion underhammer pistols made for a member of the nobility
Louis Marin Gosset, Paris, circa 1835

11 June 2012, 10:00 PDT
San Francisco

US$15,000 - US$25,000

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

How to sell

Looking for a similar item?

Our Arms and Armour specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.

Find your local specialist

Ask about this lot

A cased pair of French percussion underhammer pistols made for a member of the nobility
Louis Marin Gosset, Paris, circa 1835

Each with 6 3/8 inch octagonal brown Damascus barrel with multi-groove rifling in .47 caliber. Casehardened, scroll-engraved and sighted breeches, the integral tangs numbered in gold 1 and 2 respectively and signed in gold Gosset/Bte/a Paris. Folding triggers additionally serving as half-cock safeties. Ebony grips, set on both side flats with a silver Marquess's coronet above the cipher BB. Brass-tipped ramrods fitted with removable wipers. Complete with original brass-banded walnut case, the lid with inset folding handle, it's base engraved with the same coronet and cipher. Purple velour-lined interior. Full range of accessories include casehardened bullet mold, walnut mallet, unusual baluster-form walnut powder flask, casehardened ladle with walnut handle, loading and cleaning rods, screwdriver/nipple wrench, brass powder measure, oiler, barrel-form cap box and extra nipples.
Condition: Pistols fine, the barrels retaining much Damascus finish with some minor spotting/light pitting. One grip with hairline crack on both sides at the lower tang screw, the other with small hairline crack on one side at the same place. Case lid with hairline cracks to veneer. Lining showing some wear and fading. Accessories fine to excellent.
See Illustration

Footnotes

Note: Louis Marin Gosset, Paris, 1822-40. Formerly an assistant of Nicolas Noel Boutet.

Additional information

Bid now on these items

A Cased Pair Of Scottish 50-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols By Alex.r Martin, Glasgow, Mid-19th Century

The medals and associate ephemera and uniforms of Arthur Watts, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons

A Pair Of Highland All-Metal Percussion Belt Pistols Signed Paton & Walsh Perth, Mid 19th century

A Silver-Mounted Left-Hand Dagger, probably German, Italian or English Late 16th Century Or Later

FOUR REPRODUCTION CARVED POWDER HORNS/FLASKS.late 20th century.

A COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE AND REPRODUCTION POWDER FLASKS AND RELATED SPORTING ITEMS.

THREE VICTORIAN ARMS AND ARMOUR DECORATIVE ITEMS.