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Acquired in Bern in about 1935
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A 120-BORE CONTINENTAL PERCUSSION BOX-LOCK POCKET PISTOL
CIRCA 1850, PERHAPS SWISS
With rifled browned twist turn-off barrel, case-hardened action engraved with foliage and a pine-cone, engraved folding trigger, ebony butt (cracked), shield-shaped escutcheon, and iron butt-trap with hinged cover in the form of a scallop shell
4 1/8in. (10.5cm.)
CIRCA 1850, PERHAPS SWISS
With rifled browned twist turn-off barrel, case-hardened action engraved with foliage and a pine-cone, engraved folding trigger, ebony butt (cracked), shield-shaped escutcheon, and iron butt-trap with hinged cover in the form of a scallop shell
4 1/8in. (10.5cm.)