A SILESIAN FLINTLOCK AXE-PISTOL (FOKOS) with plain iron barrel, associated signed engraved flat bevelled lock, later iron head with pierced reinforced peen and recurved cutting edge engraved on one side with a grotesque and a hare, and on the other with a grotesque and a bird, straight fruitwood haft inlaid in the Teschen manner with horn scrolls and dots within horn lines (minor replacements), inhabited by hounds, hares and monsters enriched on each side with two pieces of mother-of-pearl, engraved staghorn pommel, and brass trigger-guard (ramrod missing, barrel and lock lightly pitted), signed S. Havschca, late 17th Century

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A SILESIAN FLINTLOCK AXE-PISTOL (FOKOS) with plain iron barrel, associated signed engraved flat bevelled lock, later iron head with pierced reinforced peen and recurved cutting edge engraved on one side with a grotesque and a hare, and on the other with a grotesque and a bird, straight fruitwood haft inlaid in the Teschen manner with horn scrolls and dots within horn lines (minor replacements), inhabited by hounds, hares and monsters enriched on each side with two pieces of mother-of-pearl, engraved staghorn pommel, and brass trigger-guard (ramrod missing, barrel and lock lightly pitted), signed S. Havschca, late 17th Century
31 5/8in.

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