Set of percussion duelling pistols. In varnished blackened wood, decorated with fillets and a brass shield, sheathed in shaped crimson velvet, it contains: - A pair of percussion duelling pistols. The barrels are fluted, engraved with scrolls and numbered "1" and "2" in thunderbolts in gold. Scroll-engraved flat-body front plates and hammers. Iron finger rests and caps, engraved en suite. Walnut stocks carved with foliate scrolls. Length: 40 cm. With its accessories: Copper and brass powder flask, capsule box, chimney screwdriver, bullet mould, mallet and chopsticks. With its key. Height 8 cm; Width: 47 cm; Depth: 25 cm. Good condition. Circa 1840. Provenance: Collection of Mr F. EXPERT: Arnaud DE GOUVION SAINT-CYR.