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Lot 293*
A Fine Pair Of Viennese 22-Bore Flintlock Holster PistolsCirca 1720-30
6 April 2006, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £6,000 inc. premium
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Circa 1720-30
Circa 1720-30
With long blued two-stage barrels (some loss of blueing) each slightly flared at the muzzle, turned at the girdle and with silver spider fore-sight, octagonal breeches each with two gold-lined maker's mark of Pio Cominazzo (Neue Støckel 201, 202), four star-shaped punch marks above, brass-lined touch-holes, plain tangs, flat bevelled locks each inscribed 'In Wienn' behind the cock and engraved with an armoured female figure resting against a trophy of arms, cocks chiselled and engraved with foliage, blued steels and faceted pans, moulded figured full stocks carved with foliated strapwork on the fore-ends and around the barrel tangs, full cast and chased gilt-bronze mounts comprising elaborate pierced foliate side-plates, escutcheons en suite and centred on a shield chased with a helmeted male profile bust, compressed spurred pommels each engraved with strapwork against a hatched ground and with a trophy of arms on each side, shaped foliate pommel-caps against a stippled ground, trigger-guards en suite, engraved and faceted ramrod-pipes, horn fore-end caps, horn-tipped ramrods, and in fine condition retaining nearly all their original gilding (2)
36.2 cm. barrels
36.2 cm. barrels
Footnotes
These pistols are reminiscent of the work of the Viennese gunmaker Anton Penzeneter








