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A PAIR OF 120 BORE LIEGOIS SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK TURN-OFF PISTOLS BY H. DEVILLERS A LIÈGE, CIR
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A PAIR OF 120 BORE LIEGOIS SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK TURN-OFF PISTOLS BY H. DEVILLERS A LIÈGE, CIRCA 1730 with moulded cannon barrels engraved with a band of foliage at the breech, engraved tangs, engraved rounded actions signed beneath the cocks (one top-jaw and screw replaced), engraved silver bulbous butts decorated with rococo scrolls and foliage, a grotesque mask behind the tangs, and an anthemion on the pommel, and engraved silver-plated steel trigger-guards (2) 14.8cm; 5 7/8in
Henri Devillers is recorded as a gunmaker and dealer in Liège circa 1734-62.
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A PAIR OF 120 BORE LIEGOIS SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK TURN-OFF PISTOLS BY H. DEVILLERS A LIÈGE, CIRCA 1730 with moulded cannon barrels engraved with a band of foliage at the breech, engraved tangs, engraved rounded actions signed beneath the cocks (one top-jaw and screw replaced), engraved silver bulbous butts decorated with rococo scrolls and foliage, a grotesque mask behind the tangs, and an anthemion on the pommel, and engraved silver-plated steel trigger-guards (2) 14.8cm; 5 7/8in
Henri Devillers is recorded as a gunmaker and dealer in Liège circa 1734-62.
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