Lot Essay
Frans Delahaye is recorded circa 1690-1750
Acquired from Smart the Frome dealer circa 1934
Acquired from Smart the Frome dealer circa 1934
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A PAIR OF 14-BORE DUTCH FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS
BY FRANS(?) DELAHAYE, MAASTRICHT, LATE 17TH CENTURY
With three-stage sighted barrels, grooved tangs, signed flat bevelled locks each engraved with foliage on the stepped tail, moulded walnut full stocks each with a raised apron at the barrel tang (one fore-end repaired), moulded bronze mounts including vacant escutcheons and spurred pommels (one trigger-guard finial missing, the other trigger-guard perhaps a working replacement), and brass-tipped ramrods each with worm
20½in. (52cm.) (2)
BY FRANS(?) DELAHAYE, MAASTRICHT, LATE 17TH CENTURY
With three-stage sighted barrels, grooved tangs, signed flat bevelled locks each engraved with foliage on the stepped tail, moulded walnut full stocks each with a raised apron at the barrel tang (one fore-end repaired), moulded bronze mounts including vacant escutcheons and spurred pommels (one trigger-guard finial missing, the other trigger-guard perhaps a working replacement), and brass-tipped ramrods each with worm
20½in. (52cm.) (2)