Two Percussion Exhibition Pistols, dated 1849 and 1851
Two Percussion Exhibition Pistols, dated 1849 and 1851, French, Steel, gold, : L. 16 in. ( cm); L. of barrel 10 1/4 in. ( cm); Cal. .45 in. ( mm);L. 15 7/8 in. ( cm); L. of barrel 10 1/4 in. ( cm); Cal. .46 in. ( mm), Firearms-Pistols-Percussion, Commissioned by the renowned Paris gunmaking firm of Le Page, these are the only known pistols executed by Antoine Vechte (1799–1868), a virtuoso silversmith, sculptor, and chiseler, who was famous in his day as the 'nineteenth-century Cellini' in reference to the accomplished Renaissance artist Benvenuto Cellini
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