26th Jun, 2025 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025
340
A FRENCH LEFAUCHEUX PATENT 54 BORE PIN-FIRE 1863 MODEL SIX-SHOT OFFICER'S REVOLVER
SIGNED FQUE DUE LE PAGE FRES A LIEGE MSON A PARIS 12 RUE D'ENGLISHIEN, NO. 39236, CIRCA 1865
with blued sighted rifled barrel incised and punched with vine leaves at the muzzle and signed in full in etched letters between punched borders along the top, blued part octagonal breech decorated en suite with the muzzle, and stamped 'Inv. E. Lefaucheux' forming an arch on one side beneath the cylinder, blued action with hinged loading-gate, blued spur trigger-guard and butt, the latter with faceted cap and suspension swivel, cartridge-extracting rod, hammer grooved for sighting, figured rounded grips, and some original finish, 15.8 cm barrel
Le Page Freres are recorded at 12 Rue d'Englishien, Paris between 1857 and 1868
Sold for £480
SIGNED FQUE DUE LE PAGE FRES A LIEGE MSON A PARIS 12 RUE D'ENGLISHIEN, NO. 39236, CIRCA 1865
with blued sighted rifled barrel incised and punched with vine leaves at the muzzle and signed in full in etched letters between punched borders along the top, blued part octagonal breech decorated en suite with the muzzle, and stamped 'Inv. E. Lefaucheux' forming an arch on one side beneath the cylinder, blued action with hinged loading-gate, blued spur trigger-guard and butt, the latter with faceted cap and suspension swivel, cartridge-extracting rod, hammer grooved for sighting, figured rounded grips, and some original finish, 15.8 cm barrel
Le Page Freres are recorded at 12 Rue d'Englishien, Paris between 1857 and 1868
Auction: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025, 26th Jun, 2025
Auction Location: London, UK
The Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria department run by Thomas Del Mar is now a recognised world leader in this field.
The sales offer a broad selection of objects from all over the world, from the earliest times until the Great War. Firearms from the earliest matchlock, wheel-lock, flintlock, percussion and pin-fire guns, rifles, pistols and revolvers; edged weapons from the bronze age, Viking, Medieval and Renaissance periods through to the swords of the regular armies of the 18th and 19th centuries; armour from the earliest times through the medieval and renaissance periods to the First World War; African, Australasian, Chinese, Islamic and Japanese weapons and armour; accessories including gunpowder flasks, gun locks, mechanical locks, iron work and books.
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