A Flintlock Officer's Pistol Of Musket Bore
By Harcourt, Ipswich, Early 19th Century
With heavy rebrowned twist octagonal sighted barrel with rectangular gold-lined maker's stamp and slender gold line at the breech, the bottom flat stamped 'Narrow Twisted', gold-lined touch-hole, tang incorporating the back-sight and engraved with foliage involving a martial trophy, signed border engraved flat detented lock decorated with a basket of foliage at the stepped tail and with a starburst behind the rainproof pan, border engraved cock and steel, safety-catch and roller, figured full stock (fore-end repaired) with chequered rounded butt, spur trigger-guard with pineapple finial and engraved with a martial trophy on the bow, set trigger, and stirrup ramrod (some light pitting in places), London proof marks
25.2 cm. barrel
Sold for £1,200 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • John Harcourt is recorded between 1791-1839

Category: Arms and Armour


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