25th Jun, 2014 10:00
Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria
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**AN 18 BORE BOHEMIAN FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL
**AN 18 BORE BOHEMIAN FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, CIRCA 1740, PROBABLY CARLSBAD
with three-stage barrel moulded at the muzzle, with traces of gold and silver encrusted designs over the median and the breech, rounded lock, signed L. Nihet ahead of the cock, full stock carved with scrolls about the rear ramrod-pipe and the tang, brass mounts comprising side-plate pierced with a design of foliage inhabited by a bird-of-prey and a hound, spurred pommel with grotesque mask cap, trigger-guard engraved with a classical warrior on the bow and with acanthus finial, a pair of moulded ramrod-pipes, the rear en suite with the trigger-guard, escutcheon with a warrior profile, and later fore-end cap and ramrod
32.5 cm; 12 3/4 in barrel
See Hayward 1963, p. 131
Sold for £1,200
**AN 18 BORE BOHEMIAN FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, CIRCA 1740, PROBABLY CARLSBAD
with three-stage barrel moulded at the muzzle, with traces of gold and silver encrusted designs over the median and the breech, rounded lock, signed L. Nihet ahead of the cock, full stock carved with scrolls about the rear ramrod-pipe and the tang, brass mounts comprising side-plate pierced with a design of foliage inhabited by a bird-of-prey and a hound, spurred pommel with grotesque mask cap, trigger-guard engraved with a classical warrior on the bow and with acanthus finial, a pair of moulded ramrod-pipes, the rear en suite with the trigger-guard, escutcheon with a warrior profile, and later fore-end cap and ramrod
32.5 cm; 12 3/4 in barrel
See Hayward 1963, p. 131
Auction: Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 25th Jun, 2014
