CIRCA 1630-40

細節

A CARINTHIAN (FERLACH) MILITARY WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOL
circa 1630-40
With octagonal barrel struck with a mark on the breech, the arms of the Counts von Dietrichstein (Neue Støckel 1456 for a related version), flat lock, external wheel reatined by a recurved slender bracket, sliding pan-cover, ebonised full stock, 'fishtail' pommel with domed hexagonal iron cap, iron trigger-guard, ramrod-pipe and fore-end cap, and original ramrod with moulded iron tip.
21in (53.3cm)

來源

Charles Marchal

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拍品專文

Probably from the workshop of Hans Schmidt of Ferlach, who worked in the service of Count Sigmund Ludwig von Dietrichstein. Schmidt also supplied muskets and pistols to the Landeszeughaus in Graz. (Cf. Graz inv.Nr.331)