Breech-Loading Rimfire Cartridge Pistol with Case and Accessories
Louis Nicolas Auguste Flobert
ca. 1855 · Steel, gold, ivory, leather, textile · Arms and Armor
Flobert was the inventor of the first all metal cartridge, which was developed for indoor target shooting with pistols such as this, one of the finest signed examples of Flobert's work in existence.
- Artist
- Louis Nicolas Auguste Flobert
- Date
- ca. 1855
- Medium
- Steel, gold, ivory, leather, textile
- Culture
- French, Paris
- Department
- Arms and Armor
- Credit line
- Purchase, John Stoneacre Ellis Collection, Gift of Mrs. Ellis and Augustus Van Horne Ellis, by exchange, 1989
