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Lot 281
A Pair Of Liège 40-Bore Percussion Target PistolsNos. 8 And 9, Mid-19th Century
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Including property from the Mark and Peter Dineley Collections
27 November 2019, 10:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £2,805 inc. premium
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Nos. 8 And 9, Mid-19th Century
Nos. 8 And 9, Mid-19th Century
With recoloured octagonal sighted barrels each inscribed in gold 'Canon Acier Fondu De LeClere (sic)' between silver-inlaid foliage along the top flat and rifled with fourteen grooves, bright foliate scroll engraved breeches and tangs numbered '1' and '2' respectively in gold, the latter each with adjustable back-sight, border engraved locks, hammers and mounts all decorated en suite, the latter comprising spur trigger-guards and shaped pommel-caps drawn-out to a diamond shape and with baluster finial, ebony half-stocks carved with symmetrical foliage in relief against finely stippled grounds on each fore-end and along the fluted butts, and no provision for ramrods, Liège proof (2)
24.8 cm. barrels
24.8 cm. barrels
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Provenance
Christie's London, Antique Arms and Armour, 29 March 1995, lot 211








