THE PISTOL 18TH CENTURY

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A GERMAN SMALL FLINTLOCK PISTOL COMBINED WITH LATER KNIFE AND SCABBARD
The pistol 18th Century
With 19th Century leaf-shaped double-edged blade with turned baluster neck and fitted with a brass recurved guard, also 19th Century, brass handle enclosing the barrel, engraved with scrollwork, inscribed 'In Winhoring' on the top, and carrying external mechanisms at the sides (muzzle plug missing), in its 19th Century brass-mounted green leather-covered wooden sheath.
11¼in (28.5cm)

Provenance

Hal Furmage, London, 1927

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium

Lot Essay

Cf. a similar knife and fork, sold in these rooms, 17 October 1973 (lot 199), each signed 'W.M.in Winhöring', possibly for a member of the Mann family, distinguished as makers of small boxes and both miniature pistols and cannon. Neue Støckel records Georg Adam Mann working in Winhering (Wincheringen) circa 1670.

A further pair, each inscribed 'In Winhöring' were sold in these rooms 18 November 1981 (lot 221)

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