Lot n° 87
Estimation :
200 - 300
EUR
France, 1st Empire (1802-1814). Officer's flintlock pistol, - Lot 87
France, 1st Empire (1802-1814). Officer's flintlock pistol, cal. approx. 16 mm. All metal parts with white polished finish and minor traces of oxidation. Octagonal, hair-ribbed barrel with sight and rear sight, slightly blunderbussed at the muzzle. Flat-body flintlock lock, chased with floral decoration, swan-neck hammer with flat body chased with small en suite decoration. Steel bail. Steel counter-plate cut to resemble a bat wing and chased. Steel fittings, cut and chased with floral decoration en suite. Walnut stock with long, finely checkered shaft and flat, finely chased steel cap. Missing ramrod. Functional mechanism with two clear, play-free cocking notches. The inside of the barrel is clean, the rifling blunted in places. 32 cm (barrel 18 cm). (Wear and minor wear, the hammer fixing screw and the two counterplate screws are attached. Good condition).
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