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)

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

Culture

French, Paris

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Bequest and Irene Roosevelt Aitken Gift, 2013

Accession Number

2013.511.1–.3a–k