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Lot 70*
A Cased Pair Of French 90-Bore Percussion Target Pistols By A. Brun, 110 Rue De Rivoli, Paris, Late 19th Century
24 June – 8 July 2025, 12:00 BST
Online, London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,920 inc. premium
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A Cased Pair Of French 90-Bore Percussion Target Pistols
By A. Brun, 110 Rue De Rivoli, Paris, Late 19th Century
By A. Brun, 110 Rue De Rivoli, Paris, Late 19th Century
With reblued octagonal sighted barrels each signed in full in capitals along the top flat and rifled with eight spiral grooves, border engraved case-hardened breeches, tangs, detented locks, hammers and mounts, the first each with back-sight, the last comprising shaped pommels each drawn-out to a flattened diamond-shaped terminal with blued baluster finial, spur trigger-guards, and trigger-plates, figured half-stocks each carved with asymmetrical foliage in relief against a stippled ground on the fore-end and with fluted butt, and retaining much original case-hardened finish: in original lined and fitted rosewood case with accessories, the interior of the lid stamped with gilt maker's details, the exterior with shield-shaped vacant brass escutcheon
24.8 cm. barrels
24.8 cm. barrels




