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Lot 477*
A French 15-Bore 1816-22 Model Flintlock Officer's PistolDated 1822
1 December 2009, 14:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £840 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA French 15-Bore 1816-22 Model Flintlock Officer's Pistol
Dated 1822
Dated 1822
With sighted barrel (some pitting) dated and stamped with two inspector's marks at the breech, tang etched 'Mle 1816', flat bevelled lock (top jaw and screw replaced) etched 'Mre Rle de Mutzig' and struck with a crowned 'L' in a diamond beneath the brass pan, figured half-stock with chequered rounded butt, regulation brass mounts comprising trigger-guard and rounded ovoidal pommel, brass fore-end cap also forming the ramrod-entry, and later iron ramrod
20 cm. barrel
20 cm. barrel
Footnotes
See Robert E. Brooker, Armes De Poing Militaires Francaises ..., 2006, p. 179




