Pair Of Officer's Pistols By Lepage, Arquebusier Of The Emperor

Sided cannons by Le Page in Paris Arquebusier of the Emperor. Bronzed, they carry the thunderbolts of Jupiter and the fleurons. Decorated breech tails. They are blunderbusses and hair-rayed, the lights are lined with gold. Adjustable front sight Plates marked in a gilded oval medallion: Le Page. Engravings of plants on all the plates. Waterproof basins and battery spring rollers. Trigger guard with decorated finger grip and adjustable triggers. Pommels with gilded Jupiter thunderbolts. Short barrel mounts with checkered stocks and pommel belt sculpted with a frieze of leaves. See identical pair Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, pair of Lepage pistols found in Napoleon I's baggage after the Battle of Waterloo.