GAUVAIN à Paris Dueling or percussion pistol. Signed flat-bodied lock with round-bodied hammer decorated with foliated scrolls. Octagonal barrel with strong rifling, engraved with scrolls in the muzzle and thunder, signed "GAUVAIN, 47 Boulevard [sic] du mont Parnasse in Paris". Cal. 14 mm. Chosen walnut barrel carved in front and on the stock with vine branches. Gadrooned stock. Pommel in carved rosette. Carved iron trim, engraved with rinceaux. Barrel length: 26.5 cm. - Total length: 40 cm. Stock broken behind the lock.