44 - Walnut pistol case.

Walnut pistol case. Brass plaque lined with green felt and marked inside the case “MORIAN ARQUEBUSIER Bte 36, AVENUE DE L’OPERA PARIS,” with space for two boxes of cartridges and an oil can. It contains a .38-caliber precision pistol. Rifled barrel topped with an adjustable sighting system, blued, engraved with “G. MORIAN BTE 36, AVENUE DE L’OPERA PARIS” and featuring an ejector. Blued, marbled frame. Beautiful rifling. Trigger guard, lever, barrel, and stock in checkered walnut. Marbled pommel. Barrel length: 27 cm - Overall length: 41.5 cm Case dimensions: 45 x 19.5 x 6 cm (H) Date of manufacture: circa 1880–1890. Gabriel Morian, gunsmith in Paris from 1880 to 1890. Participated in the 1889 Paris World’s Fair.