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THE FIRST SIGNED FD. CLAUDIN À PARIS, THE SECOND SIGNED AD. JANSEN À BRUXELLES, EACH CIRCA 1860
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Two .22 calibre Flobert patent saloon pistols
The first signed Fd. Claudin à Paris, the second signed Ad. Jansen à Bruxelles, each circa 1860
The first with etched octagonal barrel, action and mounts, ebony half-stock, fluted butt and carved fore-end; the second with blued partly fluted octagonal barrel, etched and engraved action and mounts, and walnut half-stock (butt cracked) carved in high relief with scrolling vines on a matted ground
15½in. (39.4cm.) and 14½in. (36.8cm.) (2)
The first signed Fd. Claudin à Paris, the second signed Ad. Jansen à Bruxelles, each circa 1860
The first with etched octagonal barrel, action and mounts, ebony half-stock, fluted butt and carved fore-end; the second with blued partly fluted octagonal barrel, etched and engraved action and mounts, and walnut half-stock (butt cracked) carved in high relief with scrolling vines on a matted ground
15½in. (39.4cm.) and 14½in. (36.8cm.) (2)