Foreign, 1st half 18th century. - Lot 50

Foreign, 1st half 18th century. Long flintlock pommel pistol. Cal. 17 mm approx. All metal parts with gray patina. Smooth barrel with thunderhead and round muzzle, engraved with arabesques and small band with brass barley grain rear sight. Flat-body steel lock chased with arabesques and scrolls. Gooseneck hound with flat steel body chased with small en suite decoration, round steel bassoon. Cut-out cast brass counterplate decorated with foliage. Cut-out cast brass fittings. Molded walnut stock with long shaft richly inlaid with silver fillets and simulated baguette, cast brass cap with bulges and long braces. Push piece missing. Functional mechanism with two cocking notches, to be overhauled, the spring very weak. Inside of barrel with minor surface oxidation. (Wear and tear, fracture to the wood in front of the lock, missing wood at the end of the barrel, fairly good condition). 50 cm (barrel 32 cm).