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Gräfenberg is a village in Bavaria, north of Nuremberg
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A CASED PAIR OF 50-BORE BELGIAN PERCUSSION BOX-LOCK POCKET PISTOLS
LIEGE, CIRCA 1857-8
With fluted etched twist turn-off barrels, scroll engraved actions and folding triggers, and carved fluted ebony butts (one repaired) each with iron pommel: in lined and fitted case with accessories including white-metal cap dispenser, the exterior of the lid inlaid with a shield-shaped plate engraved with addorsed initials 'SC' surrounded by the presentation inscription 'Zum Andenken am 4t u 6t September zu 1858 Gräfenberg' ('In memory of the 4th and 6th of September 1858 at Gräfenberg'), Liège proof marks
7 1/8in. (18.1cm.)
LIEGE, CIRCA 1857-8
With fluted etched twist turn-off barrels, scroll engraved actions and folding triggers, and carved fluted ebony butts (one repaired) each with iron pommel: in lined and fitted case with accessories including white-metal cap dispenser, the exterior of the lid inlaid with a shield-shaped plate engraved with addorsed initials 'SC' surrounded by the presentation inscription 'Zum Andenken am 4t u 6t September zu 1858 Gräfenberg' ('In memory of the 4th and 6th of September 1858 at Gräfenberg'), Liège proof marks
7 1/8in. (18.1cm.)