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THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN GENTLEMAN
A MAGNIFICENT PAIR OF FRENCH 50-BORE SILVER-MOUNTED EXHIBITION QUALITY PERCUSSION DUELLING TARGET PISTOLS
DEVISME A PARIS, MID-19TH CENTURY
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A MAGNIFICENT PAIR OF FRENCH 50-BORE SILVER-MOUNTED EXHIBITION QUALITY PERCUSSION DUELLING TARGET PISTOLS
DEVISME A PARIS, MID-19TH CENTURY
With 10 ¼ in. (26 cm.) blued octagonal sighted barrels each with silver encrusted foliage and signature, numbered '1' and '2', patent breeches, tangs and shaped flat bevelled locks decorated en suite, ebony half-stocks each carved with foliage, cast and chased silver mounts decorated in high relief with masks, mystical figures and scrollwork all against a punched ground, silver escutcheons, and retaining some original blued finish throughout
DEVISME A PARIS, MID-19TH CENTURY
With 10 ¼ in. (26 cm.) blued octagonal sighted barrels each with silver encrusted foliage and signature, numbered '1' and '2', patent breeches, tangs and shaped flat bevelled locks decorated en suite, ebony half-stocks each carved with foliage, cast and chased silver mounts decorated in high relief with masks, mystical figures and scrollwork all against a punched ground, silver escutcheons, and retaining some original blued finish throughout