A German (Saxon) 50-Bore Flintlock Pistol

BY THOMAS WILHELM PISTOR, SCHMALKALDEN, MID-18TH CENTURY

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A German (Saxon) 50-Bore Flintlock Pistol
By Thomas Wilhelm Pistor, Schmalkalden, mid-18th Century
With slightly belled three-stage sighted barrel (minor pitting), signed rounded lock engraved with foliage on the cock and tail, moulded figured walnut full stock, full brass mounts engraved with rococo decoration and including spurred pommel, horn fore-end cap, and horn-tipped ramrod
10in. (25.4cm.)
Thomas Wilhelm Pistor, son of Matthias Conrad Pistor, is recorded in Schmalkalden from 1720-1787