BY VALENTIN MARR, COPENHAGEN, DATED 1738
Details
A FINE 28-BORE DANISH SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL
BY VALENTIN MARR, COPENHAGEN, DATED 1738
WITH SWAMPED SIGHTED BARREL FINELY CHISELLED IN RELIEF AT THE BREECH WITH AN ELABORATE TROPHY OF ARMS WITH FOLIAGE ABOVE AND BENEATH, ALL ON A PUNCHED GROUND, AND WITH RAISED SIGHTING FLAT BEARING A SILVER FORE-SIGHT, ROUNDED LOCK FINELY CHISELLED WITH MARTIAL TROPHIES IN RELIEF EN SUITE WITH THE BREECH, AND SIGNED BELOW THE STEEL-SPRING, CARVED MOULDED FIGURED WALNUT FULL STOCK (BUTT REPAIRED), CAST AND CHASED SILVERED MOUNTS DECORATED WITH FURTHER MARTIAL MOTIFS AND INCLUDING PIERCED SIDE-PLATE AND SPURRED POMMEL WITH SATYR-MASK CAP, THE ESCUTCHEON WITH ENGRAVED COAT-OF-ARMS OF THE DAMISH BRANCH OF THE VON EICKSTEDT FAMILY AND WITH CORONET ABOVE, BALUSTER RAMROD-PIPES, HORN FORE-END CAP, AND ORIGINAL HORN-TIPPED RAMROD, COPENHAGEN CONTROL MARK WITH THE DATE 1738, MARK OF THE SWORD CUTLER JOHAN CHRISTIAN WEIDENHAUPT, STATE INSPECTOR'S MARK OF PETER NICOLAI VON HAVEN, AND FISH STAMP FOR THE DATES 18 FEBRUARY TO 3 MARCH
17¾IN. (45.1CM.)
THE ORIGINAL OWNER WAS EITHER HANS HENRICK VON EICKSTEDT, OR HIS BROTHER ALEXANDER ERNST, BOTH OF WHOM WERE CAVALRY OFFICERS
BY VALENTIN MARR, COPENHAGEN, DATED 1738
WITH SWAMPED SIGHTED BARREL FINELY CHISELLED IN RELIEF AT THE BREECH WITH AN ELABORATE TROPHY OF ARMS WITH FOLIAGE ABOVE AND BENEATH, ALL ON A PUNCHED GROUND, AND WITH RAISED SIGHTING FLAT BEARING A SILVER FORE-SIGHT, ROUNDED LOCK FINELY CHISELLED WITH MARTIAL TROPHIES IN RELIEF EN SUITE WITH THE BREECH, AND SIGNED BELOW THE STEEL-SPRING, CARVED MOULDED FIGURED WALNUT FULL STOCK (BUTT REPAIRED), CAST AND CHASED SILVERED MOUNTS DECORATED WITH FURTHER MARTIAL MOTIFS AND INCLUDING PIERCED SIDE-PLATE AND SPURRED POMMEL WITH SATYR-MASK CAP, THE ESCUTCHEON WITH ENGRAVED COAT-OF-ARMS OF THE DAMISH BRANCH OF THE VON EICKSTEDT FAMILY AND WITH CORONET ABOVE, BALUSTER RAMROD-PIPES, HORN FORE-END CAP, AND ORIGINAL HORN-TIPPED RAMROD, COPENHAGEN CONTROL MARK WITH THE DATE 1738, MARK OF THE SWORD CUTLER JOHAN CHRISTIAN WEIDENHAUPT, STATE INSPECTOR'S MARK OF PETER NICOLAI VON HAVEN, AND FISH STAMP FOR THE DATES 18 FEBRUARY TO 3 MARCH
17¾IN. (45.1CM.)
THE ORIGINAL OWNER WAS EITHER HANS HENRICK VON EICKSTEDT, OR HIS BROTHER ALEXANDER ERNST, BOTH OF WHOM WERE CAVALRY OFFICERS
Provenance
EMIL BUCHEL, BERLIN-SPANDAU
STEPHEN V. GRANCSAY, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
CLAY P. BEDFORD, PHOENIX, ARIZONA
STEPHEN V. GRANCSAY, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
CLAY P. BEDFORD, PHOENIX, ARIZONA
Exhibited
DECORATED FIREARMS 1540-1870 FROM THE COLLECTION OF CLAY P. BEDFORD, THE COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG FOUNDATION, 1977, NO. 89, PP. 220-1