Belgium, circa 1840. - Lot 122

Belgium, circa 1840. Officer's percussion pistol of Liege manufacture. Cal. 15 mm approx. All metal parts with slight gray patina. Octagonal barrel with ribbons, rifled, with rear sight and sight fixed on the breech. It is stamped "ELG" in thunder. Flat-bodied percussion rear plate, chased with scrolls and line-decorated around the rim. Round-bodied hammer decorated en suite. Cut steel fittings, decorated en suite. Finely checkered walnut stock with nickel silver thumb piece cut into a shield, and domed steel cap. All screw heads are chased with a small geometric decoration. Whalebone ramrod with a barrel puller at one end and an end cap (missing) at the other. Functional mechanism with two clean, play-free cocking notches, but the hammer does not strike every time. The inside of the barrel is clean with shallow scratches. 35 cm (barrel 18.5 cm). (Wear and minor wear, ramrod tip missing. Good condition.)