26th Jun, 2025 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025
410
A FRENCH LEFAUCHEUX PATENT 54 BORE PIN-FIRE SILVER-PLATED SIX-SHOT REVOLVER
SIGNED LEFAUCHEUX BREVETTE A PARIS, NO. LF1775, CIRCA 1850-70
the rifled barrel with gilt fore-sight, engraved around the muzzle and signed in gothic script along the top, breech engraved with vine leaves, cylinder, frame with hinged loading-gate, butt (ivory grips removed) and trigger-guard all decorated en suite, gilt-hammer formed as a lion-head, gilt cartridge-extracting rod, the tip cast with a coiled serpent, gilt trigger and lanyard swivel, and retaining most of its silver-plated and gilt finish, 13.5 cm barrel
Sold for £500
SIGNED LEFAUCHEUX BREVETTE A PARIS, NO. LF1775, CIRCA 1850-70
the rifled barrel with gilt fore-sight, engraved around the muzzle and signed in gothic script along the top, breech engraved with vine leaves, cylinder, frame with hinged loading-gate, butt (ivory grips removed) and trigger-guard all decorated en suite, gilt-hammer formed as a lion-head, gilt cartridge-extracting rod, the tip cast with a coiled serpent, gilt trigger and lanyard swivel, and retaining most of its silver-plated and gilt finish, 13.5 cm barrel
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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