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This item is offered in collaboration with the Rossini study. Exceptional box set of two pistols made by Gosset once owned by Emperor Napoleon I and given by him to to General Armand de Caulaincourt, Duc de Vicence, on the night of April 12-13, 1814. By decree dated July 3, 2024, the French Ministry of Culture refused to issue an export certificate for its classification as a National Treasure. Rectangular case, covered with burr-walnut veneer, enriched at the edge with an ebony baguette, The inside of the lid is sheathed in green velvet, richly embroidered all around with a large gold embroidery...

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