Made circa 1850 with a rifled 10-inch octagon barrels with dovetail mounted steel pin front sights and rudimentary rear sights. The barrels are decorated with intricate, gold, foliate inlays at the muzzle, tang and along the edge of the stock. The pistols are numbered "1" and "2" in gold on the top barrel flat. The top of each barrel is inlaid in gold with the maker's name: "PRELAT ARF A PARIS". The fenced percussion bolsters, hammers and lock plates are completely covered with intricate gold foliate inlays. The elaborate inlays extend to cover the bottom of the trigger guard, the trigger guard finials and fluted buttcap. The pistols have one-piece, wedge-fastened, ebony stocks decorated with relief carved foliate designs on the forearm tip, side-plate flat and sides of the deeply fluted grips. The pistols are in a French-fitted ebony case with green felt lining. The case lid is inlaid with three silver bands around the edges and a nickel-silver shield in the center. The shield is engraved with an elaborate monogram. The inside of the lid is marked in gold: "LAGREZE Bte/10 RUE RAMBATEAU/PARIS". The case has a small corner compartment with wooden handle and contains a full set of accessories that include: (1) two wooden cleaning/ramrods with threaded brass tips, (2) an iron double cavity bullet mold for round balls and conical bullets, (3) a wooden mallet, (4) nipple wrench with wooden handle, (5) a small brass powder ladle, (6) screwdriver blade, (7) bore brush, (8) steel wire bore brush and (9) two carved wooden containers for percussion caps. The handles and wooden components are highly figured French walnut with a polished finish. All of the original accessories are present in the case.

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