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A Pair Of Liège 20-Bore All-Metal Flintlock Box-Lock Pistols In The So-Called 'Queen Anne' StyleBy Laurent Lecomte A Liège, Circa 1750
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By Laurent Lecomte A Liège, Circa 1750
By Laurent Lecomte A Liège, Circa 1750
25 cm. barrels
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Provenance:
Bonhams Knightsbridge, Fine Antique Arms and Armour from the Henk L. Visser Collection, 28 November 2007, lot 328
Literature:
G. de Vries and B.J. Martens, The Visser Collection, 2007, vol. I, part 4, cat. no. 890, pp. 476-477
Very similar pistols were made by Claude Niquet and Henri Devillers, as well as by P. Thirion of Amsterdam - for the last, see Hartmans' Dutch Gunmakers ..., 2006, p. 36
One of the finest pairs of this type (with silver butts) is in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no. M. 196-1951). The maker is Devillers and the pistols bear the arms of the Counts Bethlen de Bethlen - see J.F. Hayward, European Firearms, 1969, No. 77, pp. 55-56, pl. XXXI (top)
Laurent Lecomte appears to have been active in Liège from c. 1720 to 1760








