MATCHED PAIR OF LATE FLINTLOCK LEFT AND RIGHT HANDED PISTOLS ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN MOLL, KNOXVILLE, IOWA.

SN NSN. 8″ full oct rifled 38 Cal. bbl stamped “I MOLL”. Overall 13-1/2″. Curly maple stocks decorated with all silver engraved hardware. Buttcaps are grotesque masks and silver trigger guards each bear a touchmark “I.M.”. Silver engraved sideplates also bear “I.M.” touchmark. One pistol is left handed, the other is right handed. Each are relief carved around bbl tang behind which is placed a silver heart shaped inlay. These pistols are not to be confused with the John Moll gunsmiths of Lehigh County. John Moll of Knoxville, IA is recorded as a gunsmith very late into the 1880s and is more likely the gunsmith due to their later design. PROVENANCE: Frank Sujansky Collection. CONDITION: Excellent. Right handed pistol has a shrinkage crack running from trigger guard to rear ramrod entrance pipe and a few minor additional cracks along right side of forend. 4-49447 RG36 (4,000-6,000) – Lot 2389

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2014

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	2389	$4,720.00	MATCHED PAIR OF LATE FLINTLOCK LEFT AND RIGHT HANDED PISTOLS ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN MOLL, KNOXVILLE, IOWA. SN NSN. 8″ full oct rifled 38 Cal. bbl stamped “I MOLL”. Overall 13-1/2″. Curly maple stocks decorated with all silver engraved hardware. Buttcaps are grotesque masks and silver trigger guards each bear a touchmark “I.M.”. Silver engraved sideplates also bear “I.M.” touchmark. One pistol is left handed, the other is right handed. Each are relief carved around bbl tang behind which is placed a silver heart shaped inlay. These pistols are not to be confused with the John Moll gunsmiths of Lehigh County. John Moll of Knoxville, IA is recorded as a gunsmith very late into the 1880s and is more likely the gunsmith due to their later design. PROVENANCE: Frank Sujansky Collection. CONDITION: Excellent. Right handed pistol has a shrinkage crack running from trigger guard to rear ramrod entrance pipe and a few minor additional cracks along right side of forend. 4-49447 RG36 (4,000-6,000) – Lot 2389 Auction: Firearms - Spring 2014 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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MATCHED PAIR OF LATE FLINTLOCK LEFT AND RIGHT HANDED PISTOLS ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN MOLL, KNOXVILLE, IOWA.