Null PERCUSSION CAP PISTOL.
Round damascus barrel with forced bullet, engraved. …

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PERCUSSION CAP PISTOL. Round damascus barrel with forced bullet, engraved. Engraved receiver and trigger guard. Walnut stock inlaid with silver wire. Circa 1840-1850. Length 10.5 cm.

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PERCUSSION CAP PISTOL. Round damascus barrel with forced bullet, engraved. Engraved receiver and trigger guard. Walnut stock inlaid with silver wire. Circa 1840-1850. Length 10.5 cm.

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Three pistols: - one called "poivrière de curé". Percussion on capsule from below. Four round barrels with forced bullets, forming barrel, in patinated damascus. Numbered 1 to 4. Four stripes. Cal. 9 mm. Liege proofhouse stamp. Cylindrical case and breech tail engraved with Persian-inspired foliage. Stock with fluted ebony plates carved with quarte-feuilles. Ring trigger. Barrel length: 7.5 cm - Overall length: 18.5 cm. Scratches and shocks from use; non-functional mechanism; shocks to barrels; oxidation. - two-shot "à l'Ecossaise" forced-bullet percussion cap guns. Octagonal or round damascus-style barrels. Smooth. Cal. 12 or 11 mm. Plain or foliage engraved cases. Soap or fluted walnut stocks. Iron bridges, plain or sequentially ornamented. Barrel length: 8 or 10 cm - Total length: 18.5 or 21 cm. One is a wreck, the other has bumps, heavy corrosion and a missing chimney.

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