Beautiful officer's pistol case in blackened wood with brass - Lot 258

Beautiful officer's pistol case in blackened wood with brass fillet inlays and on the lid a cartouche with rich foliate decoration and "JH" numerals. Secret drawer. Interior entirely lined with green velvet and marked DEFORGE, Paris. It contains a pair of officer's percussion pistols. Octagonal barrels with finely rifled interiors. Lock plates signed "BALLEDENTE à Epernay". Inch parts. Stretcher triggers and folio sights. Finely checkered walnut stocks with silver studs and octagonal caps. Officer's pistol model Vendémiaire An XII. First Empire period, modified under Louis Philippe. One incomplete wooden ramrod and reglued horn tip. Length: 35 cm And its accessories: Red copper powder flask with leafy reserve decoration and brass measuring spout, mallet, bullet mold, cleaning and tamping rods. Box dimensions: 11.5 x 44.5 x 33 cm Note: BALLEDENT in Epernay is listed in P. Jarlier's mid-19th century directory of harquebusiers.