A CASED PAIR OF GERMAN (SAXON) 54 BORE PERCUSSION RIFLED TARGET PISTOLS BY ULBRICH, DRESDEN, CIRCA

A CASED PAIR OF GERMAN (SAXON) 54 BORE PERCUSSION RIFLED TARGET PISTOLS BY ULBRICH, DRESDEN, CIRCA 1840 with blued octagonal sighted barrels cut with polygroove rifling and additional wide grooves, inlaid with a thin and thick gold line at the breech and muzzle, inscribed 'Canon d'acier anglais' in gold script on the flats, engraved breeches fitted with pierced platinum plug on the right and chiselled with a gold-eyed dolphin bust on the left, scroll-engraved tangs with adjustable back-sights and numbered ‘1’ and ‘2’ in silver respectively, engraved back-action locks signed in gold, decorated with scroll and border ornament, fitted with hammers en suite and detents, varnished figured half-stocks carved with foliage on the fore-ends, fluted butts, engraved iron mounts including side-plates en suite with the locks, spurred trigger-guards and shaped moulded butt-caps, and some early case-hardened finish: in a later lined and fitted case with modern embossed copper flask decorated with game and a hound, 21.5 cm barrels (2)