Lot Essay
Cf. a pair of side-by-side pistols in the former armoury of Carl Gustav Wrangel at Skokloster castle, recorded in the Wolgast inventory. See A. Meyerson and L. Rangström, Wrangel's Armoury, p. 294.
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CIRCA 1640-50
Details
A RARE D.B. SIDE-BY-SIDE SINGLE-TRIGGER WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, DUTCH OR GERMAN
circa 1640-50
With tapering octagonal barrels each struck with a shield-shaped mark, a double-eagle displayed, another mark 'IS', a mullet above (Neue Støckel 6145), retained by a separate breech tang and with no provision for a central rib, plain flat locks, external wheels retained by a small moulded bracket, one stamped 'S' (for 'Gespannen'), sliding pan-covers and the left-hand lock fitted with safety-catch, fruitwood full stock (the fore-end replaced towards the muzzles), lemon-shaped pommel, iron trigger-guard and ramrod-pipe, and iron-capped wooden ramrod.
24 1/8in (61.3cm)
circa 1640-50
With tapering octagonal barrels each struck with a shield-shaped mark, a double-eagle displayed, another mark 'IS', a mullet above (Neue Støckel 6145), retained by a separate breech tang and with no provision for a central rib, plain flat locks, external wheels retained by a small moulded bracket, one stamped 'S' (for 'Gespannen'), sliding pan-covers and the left-hand lock fitted with safety-catch, fruitwood full stock (the fore-end replaced towards the muzzles), lemon-shaped pommel, iron trigger-guard and ramrod-pipe, and iron-capped wooden ramrod.
24 1/8
Provenance
William Goodwin Renwick, Sotheby & Co., 21st November, 1972, lot 14.
Literature
Alaric and G. Dintroz, Les pistolets à rouets géminés et canons juxtaposés, G.d.A. No. 275, March 1997.
Special notice
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