A Pair Of 28-Bore Dutch Silver-Mounted Percussion Pistols With Left- And Right-Hand Locks

BY L. THONE, AMSTERDAM, CIRCA 1785

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A Pair Of 28-Bore Dutch Silver-Mounted Percussion Pistols With Left- And Right-Hand Locks
By L. Thone, Amsterdam, circa 1785
Converted from flintlock, with two-stage twist barrels, silver fore-sights, engraved tangs, signed rounded locks each with raised border, moulded figured walnut full stocks (minor defects) each carved in relief behind the barrel tang and rear ramrod-pipe and inlaid with silver wire on the butt, full silver mounts engraved with flowers, foliage, and trophies of arms, spurred pommels each with oval cap cast and chased with a Classical trophy of arms in relief, silver escutcheons engraved with a crest, a helm surmounted by a star, and original horn-tipped ramrods, one with worm (some wear throughout)
14in. (36.2cm.) (2)

Lot Essay

Lambertus Michaalis Thone, recorded 1781-1810, originally from Lige, became a citizen of Amsterdam in 1781, and worked with his son from about 1800 (Thone & Zoon).
Cf. a similar pair of pistols in the H.L. Visser Collection (HV-216/217) described and illustrated in J.P. Puype, The Visser Collection, vol. 1, part 2, pp. 424-7.

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