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Lot 4360ANTIQUE

A brace of Spanish Model 1752 flintlock cavalry pistols

17 November 2008, 10:00 PST
San Francisco

Sold for US$3,217.50 inc. premium

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A brace of Spanish Model 1752 flintlock cavalry pistols

The 11 3/4 inch .73 caliber barrels with faceted breeches. One marked 1785 with various letters, the other 1781. Locks of standard pattern, one dated 1785 and marked with a G under a small crown; the other with traces of markings remaining. Brass furniture showing some variation between the two, the wrist escutcheons engraved R. Full stocks of slightly different design. No ramrods.
Condition: Good. Mottled grey metal showing areas of light pitting and wear to markings. Wood showing wear, scattered marks, chipping around locks and losses at fore-end. One with filled cracks at fore-end. The other missing fore-end plate and showing series of cracks to left side at rear pin.
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Footnotes

Note: This model was introduced in 1728 and standardized in 1752. See page 48 of Spanish Military Weapons in Colonial America, 1700-1821.

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