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Percussion Pistol with Case, Alfred Gauvain  French, Steel, wood (ebony), gold, wood, textile, French, Paris
Gunsmith Alfred Gauvain
possibly 1844
Pair of Percussion Target Pistols Made for Display at the 1844 Exposition des Produits de l'Industrie in Paris, Alfred Gauvain  French, Steel, wood (ebony), French, Paris
Gunsmith Signed by Alfred Gauvain
Designer Designed by Michel Liénard
Barrelsmith Barrels by Léopold Bernard
dated 1844
Pair of Percussion Target Pistols Made for Display at the Crystal Palace Exhibition in London, 1851, Alfred Gauvain  French, Steel, wood (ebony), gold, French, Paris
Gunsmith Signed by Alfred Gauvain
Designer Designed by Michel Liénard
Barrelsmith Barrels by Léopold Bernard
dated 1851

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