Lot Essay
These pistols are built in the manner of pistols by John Twigg of about 1780. Der Neue Støckel records a P. Meyer in Brussels circa 1790-1800
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BY MEYER, ARQUEBUSIER À BRUXELLES, LATE 18TH CENTURY
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An unusual pair of 32-bore flintlock duelling pistols
By Meyer, Arquebusier à Bruxelles, late 18th century
With earlier three-stage Italian barrels each stamped 'Lazari Cominaz' at the breech and with platinum-lined touch-hole, signed locks each with roller, raised pan, and safety-catch also locking the steel (one safety-catch incomplete), ebonised full stocks (both defective) each carved with a shell in relief behind the barrel tang, chequered swelling flat-sided butts with a dot in the centre of each diamond, iron mounts, set triggers, and later wooden ramrods (iron parts acid cleaned and with some pitting)
17¾in. (45.1cm.) (2)
By Meyer, Arquebusier à Bruxelles, late 18th century
With earlier three-stage Italian barrels each stamped 'Lazari Cominaz' at the breech and with platinum-lined touch-hole, signed locks each with roller, raised pan, and safety-catch also locking the steel (one safety-catch incomplete), ebonised full stocks (both defective) each carved with a shell in relief behind the barrel tang, chequered swelling flat-sided butts with a dot in the centre of each diamond, iron mounts, set triggers, and later wooden ramrods (iron parts acid cleaned and with some pitting)
17¾in. (45.1cm.) (2)