a composite flintlock pistol Circa 1650 and later
With the barrel decorated at the breech with a grotesque mask, a mythological female warrior above a portrait medallion, the rounded scroll-engraved lock signed BICKEN, metal mounts including trigger-guard, pierced side-plate with scenes of the chase, and spurred pommel, with ramrod
54cm. long
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