Pistol-revolver by Devisme in Paris, having belonged to Prin - Lot 160

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Pistol-revolver by Devisme in Paris, having belonged to Prin - Lot 160
Pistol-revolver by Devisme in Paris, having belonged to Prince Napoleon, future Napoleon III: Mariette percussion system, four revolving barrels with forced bullets, in blued steel, engraved with foliage and damascened with silver, they are engraved, the first: "DEVISME", the second: "ARQUEBUSIER", the third : "BT DES ITALIENS 36" and the last: "À PARIS", 12 mm calibre; round case, damascened in succession and engraved on the top of the figure: "N B" surmounted by an imperial eagle, the inner side of the flange is punched: "J D"; ebony stock plates carved with foliage; length 19 cm. Presidency period. Good condition. Charles, Louis, Napoleon BONAPARTE, son of Louis BONAPARTE, King of Holland, brother of Napoleon I, and of Hortense de BEAUHARNAIS, born April 20, 1808. After many vicissitudes, Prince President of the French Republic, on December 10, 1848, he became Emperor, following the coup d'état of December 2, 1851; he reigned until September 4, 1870 and died in exile, in Great Britain, on January 9, 1873, in Chislehurst. DEVISME Louis, François, DEBOUBERT's successor in 1830, 12 rue du Helder, then 36 boulevard des Italiens; he filed numerous patents from 1854 to 1860; he exhibited in Paris, in 1839, 1844, 1849, 1855 (first class medal), 1867, in London in 1851 and 1862; he supplied very beautiful weapons to Emperor Napoleon III. The second pistol-revolver of the pair went on sale, in 2008, house CZERNY, lot n° 1642, where it obtained 22 000 € at the hammer.
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