Strong and handsome 1855-type percussion staff officer's pis - Lot 460

Strong and handsome 1855-type percussion staff officer's pistol, superimposed blued barrels, the lower one stamped: "L. B" surmounted by a crown in an oval and marked: "LEPOLD BERNARD" and "CANONNIER A PARIS", the upper one: "LEPAGE MOUTIER ARQ. DU ROI ET DES PRINCES", smooth bore, 17.5 mm caliber; gray breech engraved with foliage; engraved rear locks and hammers; gray and engraved trigger guard and cap, the latter half-round opening a quarter turn to reveal a chimney compartment; smooth varnished walnut burr stock; iron ramrod on left side; length 32.5 cm. Late Louis-Philippe period. Very good, near-new condition. This pistol is a precursor of the 1855 staff model. LEPAGE-MOUTIER Louis Michel, harquebusier in Paris in 1842, succeeded Henri LEPAGE, his father-in-law. Exhibited in Paris in 1844, 1849, 1855 and 1867, and in London in 1851, where he won numerous medals. BERNARD Germain Léopold, gunmaker in Paris from 1823 to the Second Empire, signed "Leopold BERNARD".