Fine Modern & Antique Arms - December 2020 : Sale A1220 Lot 898
A CASED PAIR OF 12mm PINFIRE DOUBLE-BARRELLED PISTOLS, UNSIGNED, MODEL LEFAUCHEUX PATENT, serial nos. 3,

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A CASED PAIR OF 12mm PINFIRE DOUBLE-BARRELLED PISTOLS, UNSIGNED, MODEL 'LEFAUCHEUX PATENT', serial no's. 3,
circa 1860, with blued multi-groove rifled tip-down side by side barrels, squared boxlock actions engraved with borderlines and ivy leaves, twin central hammers, concealed automatic double triggers, ebony fluted butts with moulded iron spire pommels and forward facing short swing under-levers with chequered thumbpieces, no provision for fore-ends and complete in their original stained oak case compartmented and lined in the continental manner in velvet (originally scarlet, now faded to brown), with a covered compartment for ammunition, and cavities for a turnscrew (present) and bullet mould (absent)

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Estimate £800-1,200

Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament