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TWO PISTOLS forming a pair with variations in...

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TWO PISTOLS forming a pair with variations in fittings and decorations, made for export (diplomatic gift), two-register iron barrels, gold damascened with foliate scrolls and stars, silver sights decorated with a radiating sun, 16.5 mm caliber; engraved and signed locks : Fni Par Baucheron-Pirmet in Paris, swan-necked hammers, pebble springs; hallmarked silver fittings, decorated with military and oriental trophies; walnut stocks entirely embellished with silver filigree; dewlap ramrods (horn tips missing). Restoration period. Good condition. BAUCHERON-PIRMET J. D., harquebusiers in Paris, 1823-1856, 64 bis, rue de Richelieu (1823), 22, rue de la Banque (1856). Punches: head of bearded man, 2nd title of the departments, 1819/1838; big guarantee of the departments; goldsmith: "C. C". L. 46 cm