LATE 18TH CENTURY
Details
A RARE ENGLISH COMBINED SABRE AND FOUR-BARRELLED FLINTLOCK PISTOL
LATE 18TH CENTURY
With curved fullered blade double-edged towards the point and stamped by the cutler 'Harvey', under a pistol barrel, fitted with two spirally fluted turn-off barrels on each side, the hilt formed of a box-lock tap-action pistol with sliding cut-off on the right and button trigger on the top, engraved with rococo trophies and scrolls, and inset with a gold vacant oval on the left, fluted wooden grip, and pierced iron knuckle-guard, Birmingham private proof marks, in a modern leather scabbard retaining the original iron locket
29¾in (75.6cm) blade
LATE 18
With curved fullered blade double-edged towards the point and stamped by the cutler 'Harvey', under a pistol barrel, fitted with two spirally fluted turn-off barrels on each side, the hilt formed of a box-lock tap-action pistol with sliding cut-off on the right and button trigger on the top, engraved with rococo trophies and scrolls, and inset with a gold vacant oval on the left, fluted wooden grip, and pierced iron knuckle-guard, Birmingham private proof marks, in a modern leather scabbard retaining the original iron locket
29¾in (75.6cm) blade
Provenance
The J. F. R. Winsbury Collection, part II, Christie's, 27 June 1973, lot 247
Literature
Claude Blair, Pistols of the World, 1968, No.730
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium
If you wish to view the condition report of this lot, please sign in to your account.