Pair Of Jacob Bertrand Double Barrel Pistols Circa 1840

Pair of Jacob Bertrand Pistols with Double Barrel octagonal in table and forced ball and double trigger The chests, trigger guards and breech tails are chiseled with scrolls, the stock nielloed with arabesque in brass and cap with copper reserve below. The two Mechanisms are in perfect working order with two cocked notches. Engraved Bertrand on the chests, real pair numbered 1 and 2. Good general condition, length 25 cm Louis Philippe period circa 1840 Jacob Bertrand (? - 1849 (?), departmental gunsmith of the court and navy. In 1830, he created a company in Russia. In 1835-1840, he worked for Javale. At the Moscow exhibition of 1835, he exhibited rifles and pistols, at the Saint Petersburg exhibition. Saint Petersburg exhibition of 1849 - hunting rifles and State Historical Museum.