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Necessary pistol case sheathed in burgundy velvet,...

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Necessary pistol case sheathed in burgundy velvet, with the name Caron Arqr 20. Passage de l'Opéra in Paris and containing: - a pair of percussion cap pistols. Round blued barrels with forced bullets. Chests engraved with foliage scrolls, retractable triggers. Carved ivory stocks. Oval moving knobs. - and its accessories: ivory powder flask, bullet mould with chimney-cutting arm and gun keys, two compartments with lids decorated with ivory buttons. Around 1850-1860. Accidents and missing crests of the hammers.