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1747 - Pair of flintlock pistols
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CHF 1,200 - 1,500 (€1,200 - 1,700)Sale fees
Pair of flintlock pistols India, ca. 1820, modeled after English designs. Blued octagonal barrels (L 21.7 cm), caliber 15 mm, made of wild damask steel with a stepped chamber; notch sights, one front sight made of gold, the other of silver. Barrels feature gold inlays in front of the chamber and around the firing holes; signed “MUTROO” in gold on the top in a recessed cartouche. Breech blocks and hammers are flat, made of finely grained wootz (crucible-melted steel). Lock mechanisms are functional; on the specimen with the gold front sight, the second detent is defective. Iron fittings. On the specimen with the gold sight, the ramrod sleeve is made of six strips of “torsion damask.” Dark-stained walnut stocks with thumb plates of gold or non-ferrous metal. A second, unrelated pair of barrels (L 23.1 cm, cal. 14 mm) is included in a box.
Auction details
Decorative Arts | Online-Only Sales | Lots 1000–1766Auction house
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