SECOND HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY
Details
A 25-Bore Brescian Snaphaunce Belt Pistol
Second Half Of The 17th Century
With two-stage barrel, octagonal then polygonal, the breech and muzzle each struck with a fleur-de-lys mark, flat bevelled lock engraved with scrolling flowers and foliage on a hatched ground involving monster-heads on the cock and the arm of the steel (top jaw and screw replaced), figured walnut full stock (minor cracks) inlaid with steel panels pierced and engraved with flowers, berries and foliage inhabited by monsters, steel mounts engraved en suite with the lock, plain belt hook, pierced and engraved ramrod-pipes, and iron-tipped wooden ramrod (parts replaced during the pistol's working life)
19in. (48.2cm.)
Second Half Of The 17th Century
With two-stage barrel, octagonal then polygonal, the breech and muzzle each struck with a fleur-de-lys mark, flat bevelled lock engraved with scrolling flowers and foliage on a hatched ground involving monster-heads on the cock and the arm of the steel (top jaw and screw replaced), figured walnut full stock (minor cracks) inlaid with steel panels pierced and engraved with flowers, berries and foliage inhabited by monsters, steel mounts engraved en suite with the lock, plain belt hook, pierced and engraved ramrod-pipes, and iron-tipped wooden ramrod (parts replaced during the pistol's working life)
19in. (48.2cm.)
Provenance
Baron van den Bogaerde, removed from Heeswyk Castle, Frederick Muller, Amsterdam, 1899
H.L. Visser, Sotheby & Co, London, 3 July 1990, lot 139
H.L. Visser, Sotheby & Co, London, 3 July 1990, lot 139