Lot n° 137
Estimation :
200 - 300
EUR
France, 2nd Republic (1848 -1852) - 2nd Empire (1852-1870). - Lot 137
France, 2nd Republic (1848 -1852) - 2nd Empire (1852-1870). Percussion pistol with two superposed barrels, signed "F. P. BAUCHERON A PARIS", circa 1850. cal. 18 mm approx. All metal parts with tobacco-colored patina and traces of superficial oxidation. Smooth round barrels with simulated hair rifling at the muzzle, bearing sight and rear sight. Percussion rear plates chased with scrolls and signed "F. P. BAUCHERON A PARIS". The breech tail, trigger guard, cap and screw heads are chased en suite. Renaissance-style walnut stock carved with scrolls, pointed steel cap and side ring. Iron side ramrod. Seized, non-functional mechanism. Inside of barrels oxidized. 36 cm (barrels 19 cm). (Wear and tear, missing the crest of one of the two hammers, "seized" mechanism, stock fractured at the rear of the locks, as is). Note: BAUCHERON, harquebusier et fourbisseur à Paris 1823-1856. Supplier to the Duc d'Angoulême, Duc de Berry and Duc de Chartres. With Gosset, inventoried Boutet's equipment on January 30, 1822, following the latter's disgrace. Signed arms with Pirmet around 1828.
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