A RARE ITALIAN FLINTLOCK TINDERLIGHTER PISTOL, the hinged iron barrel engraved with a trophy of arms, opening to reveal a turned spring-mounted iron candleholder, engraved tang with barrel-release button, flat bevelled lock engraved with a landscape and a trophy of arms on the tail, moulded figured walnut full stock, brass mounts engraved with trophies of arms including side-plate, spurred pommel and trigger-guard, and later turned wooden ramrod, unsigned, mid-18th Century

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A RARE ITALIAN FLINTLOCK TINDERLIGHTER PISTOL, the hinged iron barrel engraved with a trophy of arms, opening to reveal a turned spring-mounted iron candleholder, engraved tang with barrel-release button, flat bevelled lock engraved with a landscape and a trophy of arms on the tail, moulded figured walnut full stock, brass mounts engraved with trophies of arms including side-plate, spurred pommel and trigger-guard, and later turned wooden ramrod, unsigned, mid-18th Century
10in.

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