Steel mounted flintlock pistol by Andreas Gebauer - Copenhagen ca. 1730

Combat cased pair of pistols made by Nicolas-Noël Boutet for Napoleon 1st - Musee Lambinet - Versailles

Cavalry pistol M/1777 - Manufacture Saint-Etienne

Twin barreled sporting gun by Nicolas-Noël Boutet with serial number 97 - ca. 1800

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