Cased Pair of Percussion Target Pistols with Loading and Cleaning Accessories, Made for Henri Charles Ferdinand Marie Dieudonné d'Artois, Duke of Bordeaux, Count of Chambord (1820–1883)
Object type: Cased pair of percussion target pistols with loading and cleaning accessories
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: French, Paris
Artist: Jean André Prosper Henri Le Page
Artist bio: French, 1792–1854
Artist role: Gunsmith
Artist nationality: French
Date: dated 1829
Medium: Steel, gold, wood (ebony, walnut, amboyna), silver, velvet, ivory
Dimensions: case L. 15 in. (38 cm); W. 9 7/8 in. (25 cm); H. 3 1/4 in. ( 8 cm); pistol L. (each) 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm); barrel L. (each) 6 3/8 in. (17 cm); Cal. (each) .43 in. (11 mm)
Classification: Firearms-Pistols-Percussion
Geography:    Paris   
Credit line: Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Bequest and Irene Roosevelt Aitken Gift, 2013
Accession year: 2013