Main Sale - March 2010 : Sale A1038 Lot 558
A PAIR OF BELGIAN 16-BORE PERCUSSION OFFICERS PISTOLS,

Product Details

A PAIR OF BELGIAN 16-BORE PERCUSSION OFFICER'S PISTOLS,
circa 1840-50, with 19.5cm. slightly swamped octagonal twist sighted barrels each with multigroove rifling, border and foliate engraved tangs and locks, walnut half-stocks each with chequered butt, iron mounts including rounded butt-caps, white metal shield-shaped escutcheons, white metal escutcheons, and brass-tipped iron ramrods (iron parts cleaned with some pitting throughout), Liege proof.
Estimate £400-600

THE ABOVE LOT IS PURCHASED AS AN EXEMPT ITEM UNDER SECTION 58 (2) OF THE 1968 FIREARMS ACT. TO BE HELD AS A CURIOSITY OR ORNAMENT.