Lot n° 68
Estimation :
100 - 150
EUR
France, Reign of Louis XVI (1774-1789). - Lot 68
France, Reign of Louis XVI (1774-1789).
Cavalry flintlock pistol model 1777 1st type by Manufacture de St Étienne, circa 1780 and converted to percussion.
Cal. 18 mm. All metal parts with stained and varnished gray patina. Smooth, round barrel with thunderbolt side panels, dated "80" for 1780, then stamped with a crowned fleur-de-lys and "B" in cursive lettering for "Joseph BERTHEAS", controller of cannons from 1777 to 1785. Breechblock marking missing. Platine à coffre à silex marked "St Étienne", hallmarked "L" under large crown for Étienne LAMBERT, controller from 1777 to 1784. Cast brass fittings, hallmarked "J" under crown. Walnut stock. Original nailhead steel ramrod. Functional mechanism, with two clear, play-free cocking notches. Inside of barrel with minor surface oxidation. Complete.
34 cm (barrel 19 cm).
(Wear and age patina, belt hook missing, traces of handling on the wood of the stock. As is).
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