Luxurious, single-shot, .22 caliber, octagonal, 205 mm rifle - Lot 84

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Luxurious, single-shot, .22 caliber, octagonal, 205 mm rifle - Lot 84
Luxurious, single-shot, .22 caliber, octagonal, 205 mm rifled barrel with adjustable front sight and rear sight, engraved on one side "A. Chobert Arqr 16 R. Lafayette Paris", opening by lateral pedals (Counet patent), carcass engraved with foliage and stamped : Brevet Counet et AF, busk stock and squared wrap-around plate, wear, oxidation, LT 300 mm, no. 5887, fine 19th-century Liège manufacture by Auguste Francotte, category D § e), in a case sheathed in crimson fabric à la francaise, the lid signed Christofle & Cie Manufacture d'orfèvrerie à Paris, 405 x 225 x 80 mm, with three period ammunition boxes (category D ammunition, no guarantee of functioning), a screwdriver and an oiler with cleaning accessories, wear and tear to the box, otherwise BE-TBE. Philippe COUNET, harquebusier-inventor based in Liège Rune Monulphe, n° 53, registered with the Liège proof house from 1865 to 1905, registered between 1871 and 1901 sixteen patents for revolvers and a locking system for handguns.
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