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RARE PAIR OF FLINTLOCK COMBAT PISTOLS ATTRIBUTED TO MARECHAL NEY, PRINCE OF MOSKOWA. Blued, hair-striped barrels with slightly blunderbusses at the muzzles, decorated with a gold fillet at the muzzles and thunderbolts, signed "Ringeissen a Paris" by gold inlay on the upper side; They bear three "L.C." (canonnier Leclerc) thunderheads. (canonnier Leclerc), and a gold inscription around the muzzles reading "Prenez Garde de m'approcher" ("Beware of approaching me"). Under the barrels, a gold inscription "Maréchal N" (NEY), (the only Marshal of the Empire whose name begins with an N). Locking pins signed "Ringeisen à Paris" and flat-bodied swan-neck hammers. Adjustable trigger tails. Plain cut silver fittings (hallmark illegible). Handsome steel pommels, cut oval in the center, framing the Imperial Eagle crowned in chased silver. Partly carved and finely squared walnut crossbars with long shafts (minor dents). Chopsticks with horn tips. Overall length: 370 mm. Barrel length: 217 mm. Caliber 18 mm. Good condition. Circa 1805-1810. Provenance: "This pair of pistols once belonged to Monsieur Saint-Aubin, one of the greatest Parisian antique dealers of the interwar period, specializing in antique weapons and historical memorabilia, who kept only this pair of pistols in his personal collection, given their quality and prestigious provenance; Mr. Saint Aubin's daughter then sold this pair of pistols to a major French collector, who subsequently entrusted them to me for sale. At the time of this transaction, I contacted Madame Denyse Saint Aubin, who drew up and signed an attestation in my name on December 19, 1993. They were then sold in 1993 to a major Belgian collector of First Empire and historical memorabilia, and later to the Noisiez collection. Jean-Claude Dey Ringeisen (Rengessen): Armurier à Paris, 1795-1810. "Seen on a pair of Empire-style officer's pistols, 8-panel cap with silver imperial eagle, marked on the barrels with Leclerc hallmarks". "Le Qui est qui de l'arme en France" by J.J. Buigné and P. Jarlier. Éditions du Portail, 2001.
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RARE PAIR OF FLINTLOCK COMBAT PISTOLS ATTRIBUTED TO MARECHAL NEY, PRINCE OF MOSKOWA. Blued, hair-striped barrels with slightly blunderbusses at the muzzles, decorated with a gold fillet at the muzzles and thunderbolts, signed "Ringeissen a Paris" by gold inlay on the upper side; They bear three "L.C." (canonnier Leclerc) thunderheads. (canonnier Leclerc), and a gold inscription around the muzzles reading "Prenez Garde de m'approcher" ("Beware of approaching me"). Under the barrels, a gold inscription "Maréchal N" (NEY), (the only Marshal of the Empire whose name begins with an N). Locking pins signed "Ringeisen à Paris" and flat-bodied swan-neck hammers. Adjustable trigger tails. Plain cut silver fittings (hallmark illegible). Handsome steel pommels, cut oval in the center, framing the Imperial Eagle crowned in chased silver. Partly carved and finely squared walnut crossbars with long shafts (minor dents). Chopsticks with horn tips. Overall length: 370 mm. Barrel length: 217 mm. Caliber 18 mm. Good condition. Circa 1805-1810. Provenance: "This pair of pistols once belonged to Monsieur Saint-Aubin, one of the greatest Parisian antique dealers of the interwar period, specializing in antique weapons and historical memorabilia, who kept only this pair of pistols in his personal collection, given their quality and prestigious provenance; Mr. Saint Aubin's daughter then sold this pair of pistols to a major French collector, who subsequently entrusted them to me for sale. At the time of this transaction, I contacted Madame Denyse Saint Aubin, who drew up and signed an attestation in my name on December 19, 1993. They were then sold in 1993 to a major Belgian collector of First Empire and historical memorabilia, and later to the Noisiez collection. Jean-Claude Dey Ringeisen (Rengessen): Armurier à Paris, 1795-1810. "Seen on a pair of Empire-style officer's pistols, 8-panel cap with silver imperial eagle, marked on the barrels with Leclerc hallmarks". "Le Qui est qui de l'arme en France" by J.J. Buigné and P. Jarlier. Éditions du Portail, 2001.
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