BOX containing a Loron REVOLVER
Cheratte, Belgium
19th century
Steel, wood
Long. total: 19; Long. barrel: 10 cm
Caliber: 7mm pinfire

Octagonal rifled barrel with front sight and rear sight; chased with scrollwork and marked "LORON BREVETÉ" in a cartouche on the left side. Steel frame decorated in the same style, serial number "7066".
Unlocking lever allowing horizontal release of the cylinder. Six-chamber cylinder, engraved with scrollwork, blued; stamped with a crowned "U" and "ELG" in an oval representing the ordinary proof mark for a black powder weapon in Liège, Belgium, and numbered "28". Checkered crested hammer.
Retractable trigger guard. Wooden stock plates.
Cap engraved with scrolling foliage.
Control punches.
Single and double action operation.

Wooden box with brass handle.
Green felt trim.
Key.

Pierre Antoine LORON, gunsmith in Cheratte, Belgium.

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