BY MATTHIAS CONRAD PISTOR OF KASSEL, BETTENHAUSEN, AND SCHMALKALDEN, CIRCA 1745
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A FINE PAIR OF 28-BORE GERMAN SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS
BY MATTHIAS CONRAD PISTOR OF KASSEL, BETTENHAUSEN, AND SCHMALKALDEN, CIRCA 1745
WITH SWAMPED TWO-STAGE RIFLED BARRELS INSCRIBED 'LAZARO LAZARINO', THE BREECHES OCTAGONAL THEN POLYGONAL AND CHISELLED IN LOW RELIEF WITH A MASK AND DESIGNS OF RUNNING FLOWERS AND FOLIAGE ALL ON A PUNCHED AND GILT GROUND, AND STRUCK WITH COPPER-LINED MAKER'S MARK (NEUE STøCKEL 5571), SILVER FORE-SIGHTS, ENGRAVED TANGS EACH INCORPORATING A SILVER BACK-SIGHT, PLAIN BEVELLED LOCKS, LIGHTLY CARVED MOULDED FIGURED WALNUT FULL STOCKS, FOLIATE ENGRAVED SHAPED SILVER MOUNTS, SILVER ESCUTCHEONS EACH WITH A COAT-OF-ARMS SURMOUNTED BY A DUCAL CORONET, BALUSTER RAMROD-PIPES, SET TRIGGERS, HORN FORE-END CAPS, AND ORIGINAL HORN-TIPPED RAMRODS
17½IN. (44.5CM.)
THE ARMS ARE THOSE OF MANSTEIN. ACCORDING TO THE PARKE-BERNET CATALOGUE THE ORIGINAL OWNER WAS PROBABLY BARON CHRISTOPH HERMANN VON MANSTEIN (1711-1757), WHO ROSE TO BE MAJOR-GENERAL IN THE PRUSSIAN SERVICE AND ADJUTANT-GENERAL TO FREDERICK THE GREAT, WHO MAY HAVE PRESENTED THE PISTOLS TO HIM
MATTHIAS CONRAD PISTOR, RECORDED 1691-1761, ORIGINALLY FROM OFFENBACH (HESSEN), WORKED IN BETTENHAUSEN FROM 1732 TO 1743, AND IN SCHMALKALDEN FROM 1744 UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1761 (2)
BY MATTHIAS CONRAD PISTOR OF KASSEL, BETTENHAUSEN, AND SCHMALKALDEN, CIRCA 1745
WITH SWAMPED TWO-STAGE RIFLED BARRELS INSCRIBED 'LAZARO LAZARINO', THE BREECHES OCTAGONAL THEN POLYGONAL AND CHISELLED IN LOW RELIEF WITH A MASK AND DESIGNS OF RUNNING FLOWERS AND FOLIAGE ALL ON A PUNCHED AND GILT GROUND, AND STRUCK WITH COPPER-LINED MAKER'S MARK (NEUE STøCKEL 5571), SILVER FORE-SIGHTS, ENGRAVED TANGS EACH INCORPORATING A SILVER BACK-SIGHT, PLAIN BEVELLED LOCKS, LIGHTLY CARVED MOULDED FIGURED WALNUT FULL STOCKS, FOLIATE ENGRAVED SHAPED SILVER MOUNTS, SILVER ESCUTCHEONS EACH WITH A COAT-OF-ARMS SURMOUNTED BY A DUCAL CORONET, BALUSTER RAMROD-PIPES, SET TRIGGERS, HORN FORE-END CAPS, AND ORIGINAL HORN-TIPPED RAMRODS
17½IN. (44.5CM.)
THE ARMS ARE THOSE OF MANSTEIN. ACCORDING TO THE PARKE-BERNET CATALOGUE THE ORIGINAL OWNER WAS PROBABLY BARON CHRISTOPH HERMANN VON MANSTEIN (1711-1757), WHO ROSE TO BE MAJOR-GENERAL IN THE PRUSSIAN SERVICE AND ADJUTANT-GENERAL TO FREDERICK THE GREAT, WHO MAY HAVE PRESENTED THE PISTOLS TO HIM
MATTHIAS CONRAD PISTOR, RECORDED 1691-1761, ORIGINALLY FROM OFFENBACH (HESSEN), WORKED IN BETTENHAUSEN FROM 1732 TO 1743, AND IN SCHMALKALDEN FROM 1744 UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1761 (2)
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LT. COL. JAMES W. FLANAGAN, PARKE-BERNET GALLERIES, NEW YORK, 22 APRIL 1944, LOT 222