Pair of Percussion Target Pistols Made for Display at the Crystal Palace Exhibition in London, 1851. Barrelsmith: Barrels by Léopold Bernard (French, Paris, active 1832-70). Culture: French, Paris. Designer: Designed by Michel Liénard (French, La Bouille 1810-1870 Brussels). Dimensions: L. of each pistol 17 1/4 in. (44 cm); L. of each barrel 11 3/8 in. (28.8 cm); Cal. of each barrel .46 in. (12 mm). Gunsmith: Signed by Alfred Gauvain (French, Paris 1801-1889 Paris). Date: dated 1851.Made by the Parisian gunsmith Alfred Gauvain (1801-1889) for display at the Great Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations in London in 1851, these pistols are masterpieces of iron chiseling in the Renaissance Revival style that was popular in mid-nineteenth-century design. Designed by the sculptor and ornemanist Michel Liénard (1810-1870), they were praised at the time as works of modern art that rivaled in beauty of execution many older firearms preserved in national museums. The inspiration for the liz

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Pair of Percussion Target Pistols Made for Display at the Crystal Palace Exhibition in London, 1851. Barrelsmith: Barrels by Léopold Bernard (French, Paris, active 1832-70). Culture: French, Paris. Designer: Designed by Michel Liénard (French, La Bouille 1810-1870 Brussels). Dimensions: L. of each pistol 17 1/4 in. (44 cm); L. of each barrel 11 3/8 in. (28.8 cm); Cal. of each barrel .46 in. (12 mm). Gunsmith: Signed by Alfred Gauvain (French, Paris 1801-1889 Paris). Date: dated 1851.Made by the Parisian gunsmith Alfred Gauvain (1801-1889) for display at the Great Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations in London in 1851, these pistols are masterpieces of iron chiseling in the Renaissance Revival style that was popular in mid-nineteenth-century design. Designed by the sculptor and ornemanist Michel Liénard (1810-1870), they were praised at the time as works of modern art that rivaled in beauty of execution many older firearms preserved in national museums. The inspiration for the liz

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