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Lot 205

A French 40-Bore Percussion Target Pistol
By DeLebourse, Bté A Paris, No. 261, Dated 1823

17 May 2017, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A French 40-Bore Percussion Target Pistol
By DeLebourse, Bté A Paris, No. 261, Dated 1823

With swamped octagonal polygroove rifled sighted barrel numbered '1' and signed in gold along the top flat, octagonal breech recessed on one side, deeply struck with a crowned 'AR' mark beneath, and engraved with a thunderbolt on the bolster (nipple replaced), foliate engraved tang numbered '1' in gold, border engraved detented flat lock signed in gold within a yellow gold oval and decorated with a martial trophy on the tail, foliate engraved hammer, figured half-stock carved with foliage on the tip of the fore-end (chipped at the barrel-bolt entry), chequered butt carved with a border of arcaded foliage around the ovoidal pommel, steel mounts comprising side-plate engraved with a waterscape flanked by two swans, foliate engraved ovoidal pommel-cap, spur trigger-guard engraved with a martial trophy, trigger-plate with foliate finial, set trigger, and no provision for a ramrod; together with a Liège 35-bore percussion pistol, early 19th century, converted from flintlock, with re-browned twist swamped octagonal sighted barrel indistinctly engraved 'Berleur' along the top flat, engraved tang with back-sight, rounded lock signed 'G. Berleur' and with safety-catch behind the foliate engraved dolphin hammer, figured full stock with chequered rounded butt (mostly replaced) and fluted horn cap, re-blued steel trigger-guard engraved with a hare (worn), small vacant shield-shaped escutcheon, and brass-tipped ramrod (2)
20 cm. and 18.2 cm. barrels

Footnotes

DeLebourse exhibited at the Paris Exhibitions of 1823, 1827 and 1834 and were awarded 1st class medals at the Paris Exhibitions of 1858 and 1867

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