SIGNED LA MONTAGNIE A MAESTRICHT, CIRCA 1650-55

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A DUTCH FLINTLOCK MECHANISM FOR A PISTOL
Signed La Montagnie a Maestricht, circa 1650-55
With flat bevelled plate signed in flowing script, engraved stepped tail, engraved flat cock retained from the inside by a gilt flat bolt, and faceted pan and steel
4¾in. (12.1cm.)

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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

The pair to the pistol from which this lock comes is in the H.L. Visser Collection (see J.P. Puype, The Visser Collection, vol. 1, pp. 60-63, inv. no. HV-624). Puype suggests that the maker is probably Jean Bergh

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