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A GOOD CASED PAIR OF 14mm PERCUSSION TARGET PISTOLS SIGNED RENAULT, ST. ETIENNE, no visible serial numbers, circa 1850, the expertly re-browned octagonal damascus 10in. rifled barrels marked in script on the top-flat 'DAMASC ANGLAISE', dove-tailed bead fore-sights, standing notch rear-sights, polished breech-blocks with border engraving, floral and ribbon engraving to the top-tang and locks, the locks signed 'RENAULT A ST ETIENNE' beneath the hammers, dipped tails, the hammers engraved en-suite, figured walnut half-stocks, fluted butts, iron furniture including spurred trigger-guard bows engraved en-suite, shell carving to the fore-end tips, no provision for ramrods, together with their manufacturer's walnut case, compartmented and lined in the Continental fashion using red velvet (faded) and containing a full complement of boxwood handled accessories.

wolferton-norfolk, United Kingdom