BELGIQUE, troisième quart du XIXème siècle N. COURARD Flobert-type rimfire pistol. Octagonal barrel in cast steel, decorated with friezes of scrolls or acid-etched leaves on a black background. Signed on the side and numbered 1538. Smooth. Cal. 5.5mm. En suite decorated breech tail. Continuously ornamented steel fittings with finger rest trigger guard and pommel cap with turned knob. Polished ebony shaft carved with scrolls and a bearded man's head, with a gadrooned stock. Mark with crowned naval anchor inside under the barrel. Barrel length: 22.6 cm - Overall length: 36.5 cm. A few scratches, minor knocks and chips from use; a few cracks in the wood, particularly at the length; some oxidation. N. COURARD, Belgian harquebusier active between 1864 and 1871.