BELGIQUE, vers 1840-1850 Pair of forced bullet travel pistols. Percussion on capsule. Chests decorated with foliate scrolls, numbered 2459. Liege proofhouse stamp. Unscrewable barrels with shaded black patina, rifled. Cal. 12 mm. Marked F crowned. Retractable trigger shafts, decorated with sequential chests. Ebony stocks molded with gadroons and carved with leaves. Polylobed iron pommels. Barrel length: 5.3 cm - Overall length: 15.9 cm. Springs to be checked, one hammer not holding cocked; this hammer formerly damaged and restored by a dovetail; patina wear on the barrels; a few scratches, notably on the stocks. French-style case, sheathed in brown morocco with gilded fillets and scrolls, lined with green velvet, with a few accessories (steel bullet mold tongs, powder flask and turned wood primer box). Interior wear, scratches and stains.