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EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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A 25-Bore Algerian Flintlock Pistol
Early 19th Century
With long tapering barrel with silver-damascened decoration, tang en suite (damascening worn), flat bevelled lock inset with silver panels chased with strapwork in low relief on a punched ground, cock en suite (top jaw and screw replaced), walnut full stock inlaid with pierced white metal panels enclosing small corals, white metal mounts including spurred pommel set with a further coral, wooden ramrod almost entirely encased in a faceted white metal sleeve, and embossed silver muzzle band and pierced barrel bands, indistinct silver marks, silver maker's mark KF, a robed figure between
22¼in. (56.5cm.)
Early 19th Century
With long tapering barrel with silver-damascened decoration, tang en suite (damascening worn), flat bevelled lock inset with silver panels chased with strapwork in low relief on a punched ground, cock en suite (top jaw and screw replaced), walnut full stock inlaid with pierced white metal panels enclosing small corals, white metal mounts including spurred pommel set with a further coral, wooden ramrod almost entirely encased in a faceted white metal sleeve, and embossed silver muzzle band and pierced barrel bands, indistinct silver marks, silver maker's mark KF, a robed figure between
22¼in. (56.5cm.)
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.