GENERAL'S OFFICER'S PISTOL, by LEPAGE, Gunsmith to His Majesty
France
First Empire
Steel, wood, silver, brass
Long. total: 36.5; Long. barrel: 20cm
Caliber: 17.2 mm

Pan-shaped cannon, slightly blunderbussed, with a rifled bore; marked on the top Lepage Arq.er de S. Mte N°201; dated on the bottom 1809 and numbered 1140.
Silver rice grain handlebars.
Smooth cylinder head shank with guilloché screw.
Flat-bodied turntable, converted to percussion, signed Lepage in Paris and numbered 1140 on the inside.
Guilloché screw dog.
Cut iron trim.
Walnut mount, long shaft, finely checkered.
Octagonal silver cap, with a Gorgon head motif, two rooster hallmarks.
Wooden wand with a brass head.

Good condition, slight but insignificant repair.

Ref.: 6253

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