Cased Pair of Percussion Target Pistols with Loading and Cleaning Accessories, Made for Henri Charles Ferdinand Marie Dieudonné d'Artois, Duke of Bordeaux, Count of Chambord (1820-1883) dated 1829 Jean André Prosper Henri Le Page French These pistols were made for the nine-year-old Henri d'Artois (1820-1883), the last member of the Bourbon royal dynasty. Their decoration includes the fleurs-de-lis of France and the crowned monogram of their owner. The maker, Henri Le Page, served the restored French monarchy as Gunmaker to the King. The engraved sheet-gold inlaid flush with the surface of the stock recalls the style popular during the Napoleonic era, when Le Page's father served Napoleon in a similar capacity.. Cased Pair of Percussion Target Pistols with Loading and Cleaning Accessories, Made for Henri Charles Ferdinand Marie Dieudonné d'Artois, Duke of Bordeaux, Count of Chambord (1820-1883). French, Paris. dated 1829. Steel, gold, wood (ebony, walnut, amboyna), silver, velvet, ivory
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