Lot 244
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AN UNUSUAL PAIR OF ALSATIAN LONG FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS with three-stage sighted barrels, signed rounded border engraved locks (one cock missing), moulded walnut full stocks, iron mounts including scrolled side-plates, vacant escutcheons, turned ramrod-pipes, and wooden ramrods (one replaced), by Helbe à Strasbourg, circa 1700

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AN UNUSUAL PAIR OF ALSATIAN LONG FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS with three-stage sighted barrels, signed rounded border engraved locks (one cock missing), moulded walnut full stocks, iron mounts including scrolled side-plates, vacant escutcheons, turned ramrod-pipes, and wooden ramrods (one replaced), by Helbe à Strasbourg, circa 1700
28in. [E.517, S.5,6] (2)

Lot Essay

Der Neue Støckel records Hans Nicolaus Helbe of Strasburg, son Lorenz Helbe, Master of the guild in 1697, died before 1714

cf. the two flintlock rifles by the same maker, lot 74

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