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A 25-BORE SAXON SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL
BY SCHMEISER A EISENACH, DATED 1729
In the French taste, with two-stage barrel encrusted with gold foliage and lines of gold dots, octagonal breech chiselled with acanthus leaves, inlaid in gold with minute dots and stars and with the owner's name 'Baron De Lutzov', engraved silver spider fore-sight, shaped tang encrusted with gold foliage and fitted with stepped brass back-sight, border engraved flat bevelled lock chiselled and gilt on the tail and cock-retaining screw, and signed and dated on a ribbon (steel chipped, the cock a working replacement), moulded figured walnut full stock (fore-end repaired and partly replaced) carved with foliage behind the rear ramrod-pipe and barrel tang, cast and chased mounts comprising pierced foliate side-plate with portrait medallion, spurred pommel with grotesque mask cap, trigger-guard engraved 'No. 25.' on the inside, pierced crowned escutcheon between lion supporters and bearing a gold monogram, and faceted ramrod-pipes, and horn-tipped ramrod (some wear overall)
21 5/8in.
