Large reward percussion pistol; double barrels in table, rib - Lot 171

Large reward percussion pistol; double barrels in table, ribboned, blued, chased with foliage and signed in the sighting channel: Caron à Paris arer de. S. M. L' empereur, under the barrels the marking LEOPOLD BERNARD CANONNIER A PARIS accompanied by 4 hallmarks: 2 LB hallmarks under an imperial crown and surmounting a star, 2 Legion of Honor hallmarks, numbered 11734 and dated 1858, breech, locks and fittings in chased iron en suite, lock bodies signed in a cartouche: CARON A PARIS, wooden mount carved in high relief with scrolls, iron ramrod. Paris, circa 1860. Caron: arquebusier to Napoleon III, 1851-1874. Léopold Bernard: harquebusier and gunner in Paris, honorable mention at the 1839 exhibition, had his gun factory in Passy from 1840 to 1855, active until 1890. Length: 47.5 cm. Very good condition, ramrod probably replaced.