Colette System Pistol Set
Liège, Belgium
19th century
Steel, wood
Long. total: 37; Long. barrel: 23 cm
Caliber: 10 mm

Octagonal rifled barrel, serial numbered on the underside "VC 916".
Steel chest, engraved with scrolls, flowers and checkered; marked "JONGEN FRERES A LIEGE" on the left.
Pontet decorated in the same style.
Stock in fluted walnut, carved with scrolling foliage; slight joint.
Steel cap with engraved button.
Gravity-driven repeating system.
Complete wooden box with its tools, ball mold carved with scrollwork.

Victor Colette, gunsmith in Liège around 1850/1860.

Ref.: 7208

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