A FLEMISH FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL with two-stage sighted barrel struck with horseshoe-shaped maker's mark at the breech, flat bevelled lock engraved with foliage (side-nails missing, mainspring associated), moulded lightly carved walnut full stock (fore-end cracked, section missing below lock), chiselled brass mounts including pierced side-plate, faceted spurred pommel with grotesque mask cap, and faceted ramrod-pipes (ramrod missing), by Devillers, Liège, early 18th Century

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A FLEMISH FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL with two-stage sighted barrel struck with horseshoe-shaped maker's mark at the breech, flat bevelled lock engraved with foliage (side-nails missing, mainspring associated), moulded lightly carved walnut full stock (fore-end cracked, section missing below lock), chiselled brass mounts including pierced side-plate, faceted spurred pommel with grotesque mask cap, and faceted ramrod-pipes (ramrod missing), by Devillers, Liège, early 18th Century
20¼in. [E.515, S.6]

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