Some of the most beautiful work of this craftsman are in this book “The Francotte Dynasty”.

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Auguste FRANCOTTE

Nice small pistol FRANCOTTE with inlays of mother-of-pearl and silver cabochon

Auguste FRANCOTTE

Here is a classic but nice (and in very good condition, especially for its age) percussion chest pistol (pocket) well marked AF for Auguste FRANCOTTE.

Octagonal screw-down damask gun, stealth release; as often on this type of weapon, the wood is not perfect... or the wood has dried up.

Markings

AF crowned for Auguste FRANCOTTE;

ELG on star in oval: accepted between 1818 and 1893.

40: maybe a serial number?

GP

Auguste FRANCOTTE

This beautiful little box in rosewood, arranged in the French style, is covered in green felt.

It contains a ball mold and a cleaning rod.

The weapons are boxlock action percussion pistol.

They have a belt hook on one side. This hook being placed on the right side of one weapon and on the left side of the other, it seems that these two weapons are made to be worn on either side of their owner's belt.

The barrel can be unscrewed by means of the square wrench located at the end of one of the branches of the ball mould.

The box of the weapon is decorated with fine engravings in scrolls, the recessed trigger is deployed to the action of the hammer.

The ELG punch in an oval on a five-pointed star on the Liège proofhouse testifies to the fact that this weapon was manufactured at the very beginning of Auguste FRANCOTTE's production.

AF crowned is one of the marks of the house Auguste FRANCOTTE.

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