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Lot 61*
A North African 54-Bore Snaphaunce Pistol, And An Albanian 22-Bore 'Rat-Tail' Miquelet-Lock PistolBoth 19th Century
23 July 2015, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £475 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA North African 54-Bore Snaphaunce Pistol, And An Albanian 22-Bore 'Rat-Tail' Miquelet-Lock Pistol
Both 19th Century
Both 19th Century
The first with octagonal barrel (pitted) retained by a brass barrel band embossed with foliage, characteristic lock inlaid with engraved white-metal decoration (some pitting), wooden full stock decorated with bone inlays and red painted designs, flat-sided circular pommel en suite, brass trigger-guard with shaped finial, and brass-tipped ramrod; the second with russet barrel retained by a brass band at the muzzle, characteristic lock (one retaining screw missing), full stock entirely covered in brass engraved with scrollwork within wrigglework borders and set with pewter clusters (ioannina) along the back of the butt (pommel finial replaced), and slender steel ramrod (trigger-guard missing) (2)
27.2 cm. and 27 cm. barrels
27.2 cm. and 27 cm. barrels








