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Bachereau was trained by Nicolas-Noël Boutet, directeur-artiste of the Versailles manufactory
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BY BACHEREAU ARQ.ER DU ROI A PARIS, CIRCA 1840
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A PAIR OF 40-BORE FRENCH PERCUSSION BOX-LOCK POCKET PISTOLS
By Bachereau Arq.er Du Roi A Paris, circa 1840
With reblued turn-off barrels numbered respectively '1' and '2' in gold, inlaid with gold lines and signed in gold within a gold-inlaid oval, finely engraved actions heightened with gold inlay and also numbered '1' and '2' in gold, the sides with differing scenes of dogs, foxes and birds each within a landscape, gold-inlaid folding triggers, swelling ebony butts, and white-metal butt-traps each with hinged cover cast in relief with a trophy of the chase
5½in. (13.9cm.) (2)
By Bachereau Arq.er Du Roi A Paris, circa 1840
With reblued turn-off barrels numbered respectively '1' and '2' in gold, inlaid with gold lines and signed in gold within a gold-inlaid oval, finely engraved actions heightened with gold inlay and also numbered '1' and '2' in gold, the sides with differing scenes of dogs, foxes and birds each within a landscape, gold-inlaid folding triggers, swelling ebony butts, and white-metal butt-traps each with hinged cover cast in relief with a trophy of the chase
5½in. (13.9cm.) (2)
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