Pair of Breechloading Percussion Rifled Dueling Pistols

INV-1167

Beatus Beringer French, Paris and Saint-Etienne

c. 1850

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Date

c. 1850

Medium

Walnut and steel

Dimensions

A: 42 × 16.6 × 3.9 cm (16 1/2 × 6 1/2 × 1 1/2 in.); B: 42 × 16.6 × 3.9 cm (16 1/2 × 6 1/2 × 1 1/2 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

George F. Harding Collection

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