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Thursday 25 September 2025 e Friday 26 September 2025, 02:00 PM • Sarzana

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A beautiful cased pair of percussion pistol by Pirko, Mid 19th Century

Estimate

€ 2.000 - 2.500

Sold

€ 4.250

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Vienna
length 43.5 cm.
Octagonal, rifled, 11.3 mm cal. barrels (bores with slight pitting, visible rifling), bases engraved with spirals and decorated with silver frames, on the left trigger guard with leaf-shaped fuller; further forward, the signature "K : Pirko in Wien"; precision front sight. Bell-shaped tangs fully engraved with spirals, numbered "1" and "2", raised rear sight that can be raised and lowered by means of a browned screw. Forward spring locks with lock plates decorated en suite and signed "PIRKO" and "WIEN" respectively, the counterplates featuring the same engravings in mirror image with the inscriptions “PIRKO” and “WIEN”. Wooden half-stocks, fore-end caps sculpted with floral motifs; butt-plates shaped with grooves following the curvature. Steel mounts enriched with floral decorations. Trigger guards with finger support and foresights with set triggers (one with mechanism which needs revision). Faceted butt-plates with rhomboidal tops. In their beautiful wooden case (small defects and missing parts), lined internally with green cloth, containing all the tools and an internal cover with a Pirko label. The lock is missing.

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