Lot 242
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A RARE PAIR OF DUTCH ALL-METAL FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOLS with rifled turn-off cannon barrels octagonal at the breech (one muzzle cracked), box-lock actions each with engraved cock (combs incomplete) and signed on the side of the pan, bulbous flattened butts of brass with integral brass ring, and exposed iron triggers without guard (actions defective), by Jan Flock, Utrecht, late 17th Century

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A RARE PAIR OF DUTCH ALL-METAL FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOLS with rifled turn-off cannon barrels octagonal at the breech (one muzzle cracked), box-lock actions each with engraved cock (combs incomplete) and signed on the side of the pan, bulbous flattened butts of brass with integral brass ring, and exposed iron triggers without guard (actions defective), by Jan Flock, Utrecht, late 17th Century
4 5/8in. [E.513, S.31,32] (2)

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A similar pair of pistols by Lucas van Soligen is described and illustrated in Hoff, pp.197-8

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