Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
1 March 1923
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/552
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Sotheby's. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    60 <A VERY FINE EXAMPLE OF A FLINT-LOCK HOLSTER PistTou of the early part of the 18th Century ; the barrel and all furnishings are of steel, beautifully chiselled in the best style with Re- naissance decoration on a gilded ground, introducing medal- lions and a fine mask on the butt. Length 174in. Late 17th Century 61 A fine Flint-lock Pistol inscribed “ Johann Deblan a Prag ”’ ; this has a finely chiselled barrel and lock and furnishings of Se, brass, of artistic design, having silver medallions and figures Gi {6; / a , applied in high relief ; it has a flattened butt. Length 18}in. / at? Late 17th Century Fe ba v *,.* Illustrated in “‘ Hand Firearms, etc ’’, Fig. 93. 62 A fine example of a bold Italian Flint-lock Pistol of the middle of the 18th Century; the furnishings of brass are of artistic ! merit and the butt is especially fine ; the workmanship and / | o” artistic decoration of this weapon are of the finest of this ii period ; the barrel and lock-plate are also of brass and the stock is well carved. Marked ‘‘ Gio Poeta.” Length 19$2n. *,.* From the Wallace Collection. a “3a f ~63 { A RARE AND EARLY TYPE OF FLINT-LOOK PISTOL, having a cannon- a eee shaped barrel attached to the breech by a swivel, allowing the As i re barrel to be folded backwards and the pistol to be the more { ft F) easily carried ; the furnishings are of steel, as is also the butt cap ; itis of fine workmanship and in perfect original condition. Inscribed “‘ Dafte”’ (? German). Length l6in. Harly 18th Century ~ *,* Tilustrated in ‘‘ Hand Firearms, etc.’’, Fig. 77. 64 A very fine and bold Pistol, beautifully mounted in silver, having silver trigger guard, butt cap, side plate and handsome a4 9 escutcheon engraved with Royal arms ; the workmanship is f Mit f al of the finest, and the lock is inscribed ‘‘ Joseph Frucworth a fl Se Forchenstain,’” and the stock well carved. Length 19hin. *..* This pistol is reported to have been presented by Napoleon to Marshal Lannes. Illustrated in ‘‘ Hand Firearms, etc.’’, Fig. 93. 65 A fine example of a Spanish Flint-lock Pistol, inscribed ‘‘ Fabricado en Eybar Ano de 1810”; the furnishings of Pa steel are well engraved and a steel rib runs from the butt isel* cap to the breech on the upper side of the stock. It is in the ws f finest original condition. Length 14in.
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