Pair of Percussion Target Pistols Made for Display at the 1844 Exposition des Produits de l'Industrie in Paris, Michel Liénard, dated 1844

French, paris; pair of percussion target pistols; firearms-pistols-percussion. Date: dated 1844. Dimensions: L. of each pistol 16 5/8 in. (42.3 cm); L. of each barrel 11 in. (27.8 cm); Cal. of each barrel .50 in. (13 mm). Medium: ebony, steel, wood. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Pair of Percussion Target Pistols Made for Display at the 1844 Exposition des Produits de l'Industrie in Paris MET DP329646