Lot 342: Cased Pair of Engraved Carved Gold Inlaid French Dueling Pistols
Auction Date: February 16, 2022
Cased Pair of Engraved Carved and Gold Inlaid French Percussion Dueling Pistols
A) French Dueling Pistol
OG - POOR- major or minor parts replaced; major replacement parts required and extensive restoration needed; metal deeply pitted; principal lettering, numerals and design obliterated, wood badly scratched, bruised, cracked or broken; mechanically inoperative; generally undesirable as a collectors firearm in its present state.
Manufactured around the mid-19th century. Both pistols gold inlaid with numbers "1" and "2" at the breech behind "DAMAS DE PARIS". Both Liege proofed. Includes wood case (good, absent plaque on lid), key, powder measure, powder flask (broken base), bullet mold, mallet, ramrod, and lead balls. Trigger guard loose.
B) French Dueling Pistol
OG - POOR- major or minor parts replaced; major replacement parts required and extensive restoration needed; metal deeply pitted; principal lettering, numerals and design obliterated, wood badly scratched, bruised, cracked or broken; mechanically inoperative; generally undesirable as a collectors firearm in its present state.
Reference "A" description. Broken hammer ear (broken part included separately).
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