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Lot 219

A Dutch 14-Bore 1820 Model Percussion Military Pistol

No. 228, Dated 1821

Sold for £ 900 (US$ 1,103) inc. premium

Fine Antique Arms & Armour from the Henk L. Visser Collection

28 Nov 2007, 13:00 GMT

London, Knightsbridge

A Dutch 14-Bore 1820 Model Percussion Military Pistol
No. 228, Dated 1821

Converted from flintlock, with plain barrel retained by a shaped pierced brass barrel band also forming the ramrod-entry and linked by a bar to the rounded side-plate, tang engraved 'M 1820', flat bevelled lock (action defective) numbered '21', struck with inspector's mark of Benoit Saltzherr above, and with remains of brass pan, figured walnut three-quarter stock (some bruising) with faint traces of circular arsenal mark on one side opposite the lock and numbered on one side of the rounded butt, regulation brass mounts including slightly beaked serial numbered butt-cap dated 1858 above 'VA', and serial numbered stirrup ramrod (some wear and rust patination)
36 cm.

Footnotes

Originally produced in flintlock form by J.L. de Loneaux and J. Devillers of Liège, these pistols were converted to percussion from 1843 onwards. A safety-catch was fitted in 1844, but this became superfluous in 1846, when an extra notch was added to the tumbler holding the hammer in the half-cock position. See H.E. Harder / W.A. Dreschler, Die Militärrevolver der Niederlande 1856-1940, pp. 13-14

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