Lot Essay
The maker is probably Christophe Jean Baptiste Foulon, recorded 1766-77
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A 13-BORE FRENCH FLINTLOCK PISTOL
BY FOULON, PARIS, FRENCH SILVER MARKS FOR 1782
With sighted barrel, the breech with gold-damascened decoration and the inscription 'Foulon Arquebusier Du Roy Rue St. Honoré A Paris' (gilding worn), and the barrelsmith's mark of Jean Leclerc, plain tang, signed rounded lock, figured walnut full stock (fore-end partly replaced), full plain silver mounts based, apart from the ramrod-pipes, on the French model 1763 service pistol, the butt-cap engraved 'No. 19', and original iron-capped ramrod, silver maker's mark of Henri Clavel
13 7/8in. (35.2cm.)
BY FOULON, PARIS, FRENCH SILVER MARKS FOR 1782
With sighted barrel, the breech with gold-damascened decoration and the inscription 'Foulon Arquebusier Du Roy Rue St. Honoré A Paris' (gilding worn), and the barrelsmith's mark of Jean Leclerc, plain tang, signed rounded lock, figured walnut full stock (fore-end partly replaced), full plain silver mounts based, apart from the ramrod-pipes, on the French model 1763 service pistol, the butt-cap engraved 'No. 19', and original iron-capped ramrod, silver maker's mark of Henri Clavel
13 7/8in. (35.2cm.)