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391 | mental engraving, both inscribed “128” on the underside. The ebony grips with fine chequering. Length of each 15.7 cm. Nicolas Noël Boutet (1761 - 1833), Arquebusier du Roi from 1788, worked in the Manufacture de Versailles as of 1793 fol- lowing the revolution, becoming head of the department for deluxe weapons in 1794. He was famous for his superlative firearms, which were presented as gifts by Napoleon Bona- parte to the crowned heads of Europe. One of his pistol cases from the estate of the kings of Bavaria is currently on display in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum. 274545 I - II € 10.000 Lot 163