Lot Essay
For details of the four Doune gunmakers named Thomas Caddell, see Charles E. Whitelaw, Scottish Arms Makers, p. 42
.jpg?w=1)
BY THOMAS CADDELL, DOUNE, CIRCA 1715
Details
A 28-Bore Scottish All-Metal Flintlock Belt Pistol
By Thomas Caddell, Doune, circa 1715
With lightly engraved three-stage brass barrel with pronounced moulding at the muzzle and slotted ramp at the rear of the octagonal breech, rounded lock with associated steel and later cock (signature refreshed), engraved iron three-quarter stock inlaid with engraved silver straps and circular panels finely incised with expanded flowers, 'ram's horn' butt inlaid with silver roundels and a silver star on each side, engraved iron belt hook with pierced finial, engraved silver trigger, detachable pricker with engraved silver head, and later iron ramrod (some wear and pitting)
15 7/8in. (40.3cm.)
By Thomas Caddell, Doune, circa 1715
With lightly engraved three-stage brass barrel with pronounced moulding at the muzzle and slotted ramp at the rear of the octagonal breech, rounded lock with associated steel and later cock (signature refreshed), engraved iron three-quarter stock inlaid with engraved silver straps and circular panels finely incised with expanded flowers, 'ram's horn' butt inlaid with silver roundels and a silver star on each side, engraved iron belt hook with pierced finial, engraved silver trigger, detachable pricker with engraved silver head, and later iron ramrod (some wear and pitting)
15 7/8in. (40.3cm.)
Literature
The Swords and the Sorrows, exhibition catalogue, cat. no. 5:16, 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.