BELGIQUE, vers 1840-1850 MARIETTE Pistol-revolver known as a "poivrière de curé". Percussion on capsule from below. Six round barrels with forced bullets, forming a barrel, in patinated damascus. Numbered 1 to 6. Four stripes. Cal. 9 mm. Liege proofhouse stamp. Cylindrical case and breech tail engraved with Persian-inspired foliage. Signed on top. Walnut stock. Ring trigger. Barrel length: 8.3 cm - Overall length: 19.8 cm. Some wear, scratches, minor knocks, a few cracks, including one on the stock. In a brown wood veneer, veined and filleted English-style case with (blank) brass plate, lined with pale blue skai, with accessories (stamped copper hunting powder flask and wooden capsule box). Wear, scratches, minor lifting, white stains. Gunsmith MARIETTE, from Cheratte near Liège, invented this type of multi-barrel pistol, the forerunner of the barrel.