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A .410 D.B. HAMMERLESS SIDELOCK EJECTOR PISTOL BY L. DOUARD, No. 1580, manual safe, articulated front trigger, the miniature action-body and lockplates profusely engraved with game-scenes, the right lockplate with pointer and partridge, the left with setters and pheasant and the underside of the action-body with waterfowl, the whole surrounded by roses and foliate-scrolls on a matt ground, the underside of the action-body signed 'H. Leukers', brushed finish overall, the action table and breechface with a colour-hardened finish, the ornate butt and miniature forend carved with rosettes and foliate-scrolls on a hatched and stippled ground, the butt inset with a gold oval engraved with a coat-of-arms and terminating in a carved lion's head, the chopper-lump barrels with matt concave rib
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A .410 D.B. HAMMERLESS SIDELOCK EJECTOR PISTOL BY L. DOUARD, No. 1580, manual safe, articulated front trigger, the miniature action-body and lockplates profusely engraved with game-scenes, the right lockplate with pointer and partridge, the left with setters and pheasant and the underside of the action-body with waterfowl, the whole surrounded by roses and foliate-scrolls on a matt ground, the underside of the action-body signed 'H. Leukers', brushed finish overall, the action table and breechface with a colour-hardened finish, the ornate butt and miniature forend carved with rosettes and foliate-scrolls on a hatched and stippled ground, the butt inset with a gold oval engraved with a coat-of-arms and terminating in a carved lion's head, the chopper-lump barrels with matt concave rib
Weight approx. 1lb. 12oz., 7¼in. barrel, approx. 3/8 & ¼ choke, 2in. chambers, recent nitro reproof (certificate in lieu of marks)
In its leather holster with carrying strap
The quality of this most unusual piece is exceptional. The combination of full sidelocks, an ejector system, chopper-lump barrels and the quality and nature of the engraving would indicate that it was intended primarily for display. The engraver, H. Leukers, was acknowledged a Belgian master engraver and he was responsible for presenting twenty three engraving designs at the Paris exhibition of 1937; it is almost certainly the case that this pistol comprized part of those designs
Weight approx. 1lb. 12oz., 7¼in. barrel, approx. 3/8 & ¼ choke, 2in. chambers, recent nitro reproof (certificate in lieu of marks)
In its leather holster with carrying strap
The quality of this most unusual piece is exceptional. The combination of full sidelocks, an ejector system, chopper-lump barrels and the quality and nature of the engraving would indicate that it was intended primarily for display. The engraver, H. Leukers, was acknowledged a Belgian master engraver and he was responsible for presenting twenty three engraving designs at the Paris exhibition of 1937; it is almost certainly the case that this pistol comprized part of those designs