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THE FIRST BY GILLES DESELIER, LIEGE, EARLY 18TH CENTURY, THE SECOND MID-18TH CENTURY, THE LAST EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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A BELGIAN 18-BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, A CONTINENTAL 50-BORE FLINTLOCK TRAVELLING PISTOL & A TURKISH 16-BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL
THE FIRST BY GILLES DESELIER, LIEGE, EARLY 18TH CENTURY, THE SECOND MID-18TH CENTURY, THE LAST EARLY 19TH CENTURY
THE FIRST WITH SWAMPED SIGHTED BARREL WITH THREE-QUARTER LENGTH TAPERING SIGHTING FLAT AND WITH THREE BRASS-LINED MAKER'S STAMPS AT THE BREECH (NEUE STøCKEL 8241), IRON TANG, BRASS LOCK SIGNED 'G. DESELIER' BENEATH THE STEEL-SPRING, MOULDED WALNUT FULL STOCK WITH RAISED APRON AROUND THE BARREL-TANG, BRASS MOUNTS INCLUDING PIERCED SIDE-PLATE AND SPURRED POMMEL, SHAPED ESCUTCHEON CAST AND CHASED WITH A CROWN WITH EAGLE SUPPORTERS FRAMING THE BUST OF A CLASSICAL WARRIOR, FACTED BALUSTER RAMROD-PIPES, AND LATER HORN-TIPPED RAMROD; THE SECOND WITH SHORTENED BARREL, FLAT BEVELLED LOCK, MOULDED WALNUT FULL STOCK, AND IRON MOUNTS; THE LAST WITH SWAMPED BARREL, ENGRAVED FLAT BEVELLED LOCK, FULL STOCK, BRASS MOUNTS, AND LATER IRON RAMROD
RESPECTIVELY 13¼IN. (33.7CM.), 6 1/8IN. (15.5CM.) AND 12 7/8IN. (32.7CM.) BARRELS (3)
THE FIRST BY GILLES DESELIER, LIEGE, EARLY 18TH CENTURY, THE SECOND MID-18TH CENTURY, THE LAST EARLY 19TH CENTURY
THE FIRST WITH SWAMPED SIGHTED BARREL WITH THREE-QUARTER LENGTH TAPERING SIGHTING FLAT AND WITH THREE BRASS-LINED MAKER'S STAMPS AT THE BREECH (NEUE STøCKEL 8241), IRON TANG, BRASS LOCK SIGNED 'G. DESELIER' BENEATH THE STEEL-SPRING, MOULDED WALNUT FULL STOCK WITH RAISED APRON AROUND THE BARREL-TANG, BRASS MOUNTS INCLUDING PIERCED SIDE-PLATE AND SPURRED POMMEL, SHAPED ESCUTCHEON CAST AND CHASED WITH A CROWN WITH EAGLE SUPPORTERS FRAMING THE BUST OF A CLASSICAL WARRIOR, FACTED BALUSTER RAMROD-PIPES, AND LATER HORN-TIPPED RAMROD; THE SECOND WITH SHORTENED BARREL, FLAT BEVELLED LOCK, MOULDED WALNUT FULL STOCK, AND IRON MOUNTS; THE LAST WITH SWAMPED BARREL, ENGRAVED FLAT BEVELLED LOCK, FULL STOCK, BRASS MOUNTS, AND LATER IRON RAMROD
RESPECTIVELY 13¼IN. (33.7CM.), 6 1/8IN. (15.5CM.) AND 12 7/8IN. (32.7CM.) BARRELS (3)