A .650 Victorian Flintlock Service Pistol

CIRCA 1840-50

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A .650 Victorian Flintlock Service Pistol
Circa 1840-50
With 8in. (21.6cm.) barrel, border engraved flat lock with 'VR' crowned, raised pan and ring-neck cock, walnut full stock (some bruising), regulation brass mounts including trigger-guard engraved 'Q.O.R.Y.C. 163' (ramrod-pipe loose), and stirrup ramrod, Birmingham proof marks
14in. (37.5cm.)

拍品專文

The initials engraved on the trigger-guard stand for the Queen's Own Royal Yeomanry Cavalry (possibly Staffordshire or Dorsetshire Yeomanry Cavalry).