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Antique Parlor Box With Antique Parlor Handgun

Currency:CAD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:2.00 CAD
Antique Parlor Box With Antique Parlor Handgun
SOLD
800.00CAD+ (120.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2023 May 27 @ 08:56UTC-4 : AST/EDT
Canadian Classification: Antique
Manufacturer: Lefaucheux
Make: Lefaucheux
Model: Parlor Pistol
Cal: 6mm Flobert
Barrel Length: 8 7/8" part round and part octagon smooth bore barrel
Action/Type: Single shot
Scope: N/A
Serial Number: N/A
The fluted French walnut grips have some marks and a crack on each side. The metal is nicely engraved and showing wear on the barrel, the top of barrel has some light pitting. The bore is good with a bit of light pitting. The gun shoots using round ball and a 6mm Flobert blank, the barrel won't lock in the closed position. The antique wooden parlor box measures 18"l x 9.75"w x 4"h outside. The box has an 11" crack on top as well as other cracks and chips on the sides and back as shown in the pictures, the box has a key and does lock and open as it should. The box contains, antique Flinch card game with some instructions, Happy Dutch Railways a Railway/quartet game/edition of the Nederl Railway, deck of U.S. Playing Card Co. Congress 606 cards with a fox hunting scene, Celluloid poker dice in original box, small blank note book, small jack knife, antique glasses in a leather case, small oil bottle, 68 antique/vintage betting chips, 3 different sized sets of antique/vintage dice, antique/vintage cribbage set with pegs, cleaning rod, 33 percussion caps in cardboard container (not to be used with this gun), round wooden container with 14 pieces of roughly 6.75mm round ball. The box has the name Wm. E. Pierce, Catskill N.Y. on the red velvet on the inside of the lid.
Gun has not been test fired or inspected by a gunsmith. Action works correctly to the best of our knowledge. We do not clean guns and recommend a thorough cleaning before use.