GENERAL OFFICER'S PISTOL, by LEPAGE, Arquebusier to His Majesty.
France 1st Empire.
Steel, wood, silver, brass.
Long. total: 36.5; Long. barrel: 20cm - Cal. : 17.2mm
Barrel with sides, slightly blunderbussed, with hair-rifled bore; marked on the top Lepage Arq.er de S. Mte N°210; dated on the underside 1809 and numbered 1164. Silver rice grain front sight.
Smooth breech tail with guilloche screw.
Flat-body lock, converted to percussion, signed Lepage in Paris and numbered on the inside 1164. Hammer with guilloché screw.
Cut iron fittings.
Walnut mount, with long shaft, finely checkered. Octagonal cap, in silver, with the motif of the Gorgon's head, two hallmarks with the rooster.
Wooden stick with brass head.
Good condition, small crack in the frame, not serious.
Ref.: 6253
Text and photos © FCP CORIDON
This collector's weapon is, according to Article L311-2 of the Internal Security Code, classified as a collector's weapon, category D. Its acquisition and possession are free. We remind you that their sale is prohibited to minors.
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