7 mm caliber double-action revolver, rifled heptagonal barre - Lot 2

7 mm caliber double-action revolver, rifled heptagonal barrel marked "NJD Bte acier fondu" and L.F. in a shield with the lion of Flanders, cylinder engraved with scrolls and bouquets, with six chambers and star extractor, folding trigger without trigger guard, pear-shaped stock, smooth ebony plates, mechanism to be overhauled otherwise BE-TBE, LT 210 mm, in a French-style case sheathed in green felt, the case 230 x 130 x 65 mm, with its key, attractive Liège manufacture from the second half of the 19th century, Category D § e). NJD Bté: Nicolas Joseph Dessard, a Liège gunsmith established at 183 rue Hayeneux in Herstal, patented this revolver in 1871. Marketed by Lepage in most cases, these revolvers bear the L.F. (Lepage Frères) hallmark. The crowned K mark is the controller's countermark used in Liège from 1853 to 1877. Expert : Hervé MATOUS