Auction 9 Part 1
Live Fine and Applied Art Auction № 9 part I
By Antiqon
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May 18, 2024
Brivibas street 52-1B, Rīga LV-1011, Latvia
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LOT 148:
A pair of dueling pistols from the court gunsmith of Nicholas I - Bertrand. Saint Petersburg. Mid-19th century.
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Sold for: €14,000
Start price:
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3,000
Estimated price :
€5,000 - €10,000
Buyer's Premium: 28%
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A pair of dueling pistols from the court gunsmith of Nicholas I - Bertrand. Saint Petersburg. Mid-19th century.
A wonderful pair of cased, dueling pistols, the court gunsmith of Nicholas I, Jacob Bertrand, mid-19th century. Octagonal, smoothbore, 11 gauge pistols with fine, gilded engraving of floral motifs, Bertrand St. Petersburg - on the top of the barrel. Markings and serial numbers 205.1 and 205.2 on the bottom of the barrels. Finely crafted wooden handles. Complete set of tools for cleaning and loading. Packed in an original turnkey wooden box with brass decor. High quality cloth interior trim. Gun length: 44 cm.
Jacob Bertrand (? - 1849 (?), court and naval departmental gunsmith. In 1830 he started a business in Russia. In 1835–1840 he worked for Javale. At the Moscow exhibition of 1835 he exhibited guns and pistols, at the St. Petersburg exhibition of 1849 - hunting rifles . and the State Historical Museum.
Condition: Good
Material: Wood, metal
Product sizes: Height - 50cm, Width - 31cm, Depth - 8.5cm
Location: Gallery "Antiqon", Brivibas street 52, Riga, Latvia
Warranty: Seller Warranty
Country: Russia, St. Petersburg
Period: Mid-19th century
