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Lot 345

The Stock Of A Very Rare English Civil War Period Flintlock Holster Pistol
Mid-17th Century

23 September 2020, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£400 - £600

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The Stock Of A Very Rare English Civil War Period Flintlock Holster Pistol
Mid-17th Century

Of figured walnut carved with double lines at the rear of the fore-stock (old chips), and with a raised feathered design behind the recess for the barrel tang, raised side-flat and border around the lock aperture, and ovoidal pommel recessed around the edge for an iron band
54.5 cm.

Footnotes

For three flintlock pistols with related stocks in the Littlecote House Armoury, Wiltshire (Royal Armouries XII 5438, 5414 and 5437), see David Blackmore, Arms & Armour of the English Civil Wars, 1990, p.47, fig. 64

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