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Lot 293

A Liège 25-Bore Flintlock Brass-Mounted Pistol
By F. Mercier A Liège, Mid-18th Century

27 November 2019, 10:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Liège 25-Bore Flintlock Brass-Mounted Pistol
By F. Mercier A Liège, Mid-18th Century

With two-stage barrel turned at the muzzle and girdle, octagonal breech with brass-lined maker's stamps (Neue Støckel 7899, 7900), plain tang, rounded lock signed within foliate scrolls, moulded figured full stock carved with foliage behind the rear ramrod-pipe and barrel tang, border engraved mounts comprising shaped bevelled side-plate decorated with foliage, trigger-guard en suite, butt-cap cast and chased with a moustachioed grotesque mask, turned faceted ramrod-pipes, and brass-capped ramrod, possibly original
18.8 cm. barrel

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‎Françoise‎ Mercier is recorded in Liège between 1741 and 1796

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