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Lot 297*
A French 40-Bore Silver-Mounted Rifled Flintlock Turn-Off PistolBy Lutandu A Montluçon, Mid-Late 18th Century
29 April 2010, 11:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £576 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA French 40-Bore Silver-Mounted Rifled Flintlock Turn-Off Pistol
By Lutandu A Montluçon, Mid-Late 18th Century
By Lutandu A Montluçon, Mid-Late 18th Century
With two-stage cannon barrel (some minor pitting) with moulded silver band around the muzzle and rifled with sixteen grooves, engraved tang, signed border engraved flat bevelled lock decorated with a putto blowing a trumpet, and with a trophy of arms on the stepped tail, cock engraved en suite, moulded figured half-stock carved with foliage in front of the trigger-guard finial and behind the barrel tang, border engraved mounts comprising shaped bevelled side-plate decorated with a trophy, curved butt-cap (perhaps later) engraved with an eagle's head and foliage, and trigger-guard with foliate finial and engraved with a rocaille and foliage on the bow
12.5 cm. barrel
12.5 cm. barrel








