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THBLeft Handed Germanic Flintlock Pistol
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6270 Este Ave.
Cincinnati , OH 45232
United States
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About Auction
LiveMay 2, 2018 - May 4, 2018
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- Lot Description
.78 caliber, 10.75" round barrel with baluster turned rings at breech, no S/N. Unmarked rounded semi-banana-shaped lock with teat at rear. Iron pan is bridled and fenced with a rounded swan neck cock secured by a bun nut. Brass furniture including butt cap, triggerguard, ramrod pipes, 3-screw side plate and front sight. Stock with raised carved apron around breech plug tang, at rear of lock and at rear of counterpane. Horn forend tip, wood ramrod. Sighting groove in breech plug tang. Although unmarked, the pistol's styling suggests mid-to-late 18th century Germanic or Low Countries (Dutch) origin. Left handed flintlock pistols are very scarce, and this is a very attractive and untouched example.
Good to very good. Metal with a thickly oxidized brown patina showing light pitting over most of the barrel and lock. Brass with a medium golden patina with some minor metal loss at the leading edge of the upper pipe. Mechanically functional, bore dark and evenly pitted. Stock good to very good with minor nicks and dings and some wood loss at the pin holes and showing an old chip at the upper rear of the lock mortise. The lower portion of the butt appears to have been applied to the pistol during manufacture, rather than as a repair, and although a thin line shows that the wood is two pieces in this location, it appears to be period and original.Condition
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