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Lot 156*

A rare French 25-bore flintlock military pistol
Early 18th century

11 May 2016, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A rare French 25-bore flintlock military pistol
Early 18th century

With shortened russet barrel with sighting flat, plain tang, rounded russet lock (steel missing) stamped 'BG', a fleur-de-lys between, above an indistinct maker's name, moulded figured full stock (some damage and repairs) branded 'C.D.L.E' along one side of the fore-stock, regulation brass mounts comprising shaped border engraved side-plate, crowned vacant escutcheon, spurred pommel, and trigger-guard (finial broken and repaired, ramrod missing, worn overall), French proof marks
33 cm. barrel

Footnotes

For a pair of similar pistols for the 'Garde du Gouveneur Du Maine' and formerly in the Collection of Christian Ariès, see Robert E. Brooker, Armes de Poing Militaires Françaises..., 2006, p. 42 (illustrated)

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