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EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Details
A 36-Bore Scottish All-Metal Flintlock Belt Pistol
Early 18th Century
With three-stage brass barrel with engraved moulding at the muzzle and inlaid with silver on the octagonal breech section, at the rear a pronounced slotted ramp, rounded lock (cock associated), iron stock inlaid with engraved silver bands and silver scrolls and strapwork, and with a star on each side of the ram's horn butt, pierced and engraved silver button trigger and detachable pricker (the latter replaced), silver-inlaid belt hook with pierced tang, and later ramrod (some wear and light pitting)
16¾in. (42.5cm.)
Early 18th Century
With three-stage brass barrel with engraved moulding at the muzzle and inlaid with silver on the octagonal breech section, at the rear a pronounced slotted ramp, rounded lock (cock associated), iron stock inlaid with engraved silver bands and silver scrolls and strapwork, and with a star on each side of the ram's horn butt, pierced and engraved silver button trigger and detachable pricker (the latter replaced), silver-inlaid belt hook with pierced tang, and later ramrod (some wear and light pitting)
16¾in. (42.5cm.)
Provenance
Lord Talbot de Malahide, Malahide Castle, Dublin, sold in these Rooms, 16 May 1960, lot 145 (140 gns. to Neal)
Believed to have belonged to the Scottish biographer James Boswell (1740-1795), author of Life of Johnson
Believed to have belonged to the Scottish biographer James Boswell (1740-1795), author of Life of Johnson
Literature
The Swords and the Sorrows, exhibition catalogue, cat. no. 5:17, p. 70 (illustrated)
Exhibited
The Swords and the Sorrows, Culloden Commemorative Exhibition, Culloden, 16 April-20 September 1996
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.