Two Percussion Exhibition Pistols
Gilles Michel Louis Moutier-Le Page|Antoine Vechte|Léopold Bernard
dated 1849 and 1851
Medium
Steel, gold
Dimensions
2013.514.1: L. 16 in. (40.7 cm); L. of barrel 10 1/4 in. (26.1 cm); Cal. .45 in. (11.4 mm); 2013.514.2: L. 15 7/8 in. (40.3 cm); L. of barrel 10 1/4 in. (26.0 cm); Cal. .46 in. (11.7 mm)
Classification
Firearms-Pistols-Percussion
Culture
French
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Ronald S. Lauder Gift, 2013
Accession Number
2013.514.1, .2
About the Artist
Gilles Michel Louis Moutier-Le Page|Antoine Vechte|Léopold Bernard (French|French|French) · 1842 |1799 |1832 –1865 |1868 |1870
French, 1810–1887|French, 1799–1868|French, Paris, active 1832–70