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PROBABLY GERMAN OR AUSTRIAN, LATE 18TH EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF 54-BORE FLINTLOCK OFFICER'S PISTOLS
PROBABLY GERMAN OR AUSTRIAN, LATE 18TH EARLY 19TH CENTURY
With tapering twist sighted barrels each struck at the breech with a series of maker's marks and respectively numbered '1' and '2', plain tangs each incorporating a rear-sight of one standing and two folding leaves, plain flat bevelled locks each with stepped tail and roller, walnut full stocks each carved with a shell behind the barrel-tang and with swelling flat-sided chequered butt fitted with iron reinforcing plates and an iron aperture for a detachable shoulder-stock (one butt cracked through and repaired), set triggers (one at fault), iron mounts including trigger-guards each with acorn finial, and later bone-tipped ramrods (iron parts discoloured)
9 7/8in. (25cm.) barrels (2)
PROBABLY GERMAN OR AUSTRIAN, LATE 18TH EARLY 19TH CENTURY
With tapering twist sighted barrels each struck at the breech with a series of maker's marks and respectively numbered '1' and '2', plain tangs each incorporating a rear-sight of one standing and two folding leaves, plain flat bevelled locks each with stepped tail and roller, walnut full stocks each carved with a shell behind the barrel-tang and with swelling flat-sided chequered butt fitted with iron reinforcing plates and an iron aperture for a detachable shoulder-stock (one butt cracked through and repaired), set triggers (one at fault), iron mounts including trigger-guards each with acorn finial, and later bone-tipped ramrods (iron parts discoloured)
9 7/8in. (25cm.) barrels (2)
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.
Sale room notice
Please note that these pistols have been reconverted from percussion.