VERY FINE PAIR SILVER MOUNTED F. J. BOSLER DARMSTADT FLINTLOCK PISTOLS WITH FINE ITALIAN BARRELS.

Revised: 9/30/2012

Additional Information: There are a few tight hairline cracks in the stocks.

VERY FINE PAIR SILVER MOUNTED F. J. BOSLER DARMSTADT FLINTLOCK PISTOLS WITH FINE ITALIAN BARRELS. SN NSN. Cal. 510. 11-1/2″ Iron bbls with fluted octagonal breech sections are engraved “Lazarino Cominazzo” (Devices either side of mark most closely resemble those of Angelo Cominazzo ca. 1660 – 1702 as shown in Heer’s DER NEUE STOCKEL. Highly regarded bbl makers of Brescia), transition to 16-sided and then to round with twin wedding bands. Silver front sight beads have foliate finials. Silver clad breech plug tangs are engraved with mustachioed masks. Locks with inset fire blued faceted pans, unbridled friction frizzens and file decorated springs have beveled lockplates with long rebated tails. Flat bodied serpentine cocks are also nicely chamfered. There is floral engraving on tails with foliate scroll on flats of cocks and faces of frizzens. Lockplates ahead of cock are engraved “F. J. Bosler a Darmstadt” (Friedrich Jacob, working 1740 through 1793). Burl figured European walnut stocks extend to muzzles with rounded silver caps. Heavy silver furniture consists of faceted trigger guards with acanthus finials, sideplates shaped to mimic lockplates, heavy cast bulbous strapped butt caps, octagonal beaded end thimbles with ramrod pipes holding silver capped ebony ramrods, and crowned crest plates flanked with flags at tops of grips. There is stand-of-arms engraving on sideplates, a flower on grip caps, and scroll device on trigger guard bows. Stocks are relief carved with scrolling acanthus with raised moldings around furniture. A large flourish with grotesque face (greenman) is behind bbl tangs. PROVENANCE: Dr. John and Margaret Pickup Collection. Page from Keith Neal auction catalog picturing guns with owners notes, and letter from Warren T. Lewis discussing sale of pistols to Dr. Pickup, with 11 photographs. CONDITION: Exceptionally fine, possibly unfired, with frizzens showing very few strikes, pans still bright polished, earlier bbls (ca 1640) with some minor pits in bores. Locks retain nearly all their orig bright polish, fire blue remaining on screws, top jaw, and springs, as well as trigger and trigger plate. Silver has minor marks and light tarnish. Stocks have orig finish and are sound. An exceptional pair of pistols from the Keith Neal collection, they were item no. 255 at his auction. 4-46477 MGM256 (10,000-15,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2012

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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	2306	$8,625.00	Revised: 9/30/2012 Additional Information: There are a few tight hairline cracks in the stocks. VERY FINE PAIR SILVER MOUNTED F. J. BOSLER DARMSTADT FLINTLOCK PISTOLS WITH FINE ITALIAN BARRELS. SN NSN. Cal. 510. 11-1/2″ Iron bbls with fluted octagonal breech sections are engraved “Lazarino Cominazzo” (Devices either side of mark most closely resemble those of Angelo Cominazzo ca. 1660 – 1702 as shown in Heer’s DER NEUE STOCKEL. Highly regarded bbl makers of Brescia), transition to 16-sided and then to round with twin wedding bands. Silver front sight beads have foliate finials. Silver clad breech plug tangs are engraved with mustachioed masks. Locks with inset fire blued faceted pans, unbridled friction frizzens and file decorated springs have beveled lockplates with long rebated tails. Flat bodied serpentine cocks are also nicely chamfered. There is floral engraving on tails with foliate scroll on flats of cocks and faces of frizzens. Lockplates ahead of cock are engraved “F. J. Bosler a Darmstadt” (Friedrich Jacob, working 1740 through 1793). Burl figured European walnut stocks extend to muzzles with rounded silver caps. Heavy silver furniture consists of faceted trigger guards with acanthus finials, sideplates shaped to mimic lockplates, heavy cast bulbous strapped butt caps, octagonal beaded end thimbles with ramrod pipes holding silver capped ebony ramrods, and crowned crest plates flanked with flags at tops of grips. There is stand-of-arms engraving on sideplates, a flower on grip caps, and scroll device on trigger guard bows. Stocks are relief carved with scrolling acanthus with raised moldings around furniture. A large flourish with grotesque face (greenman) is behind bbl tangs. PROVENANCE: Dr. John and Margaret Pickup Collection. Page from Keith Neal auction catalog picturing guns with owners notes, and letter from Warren T. Lewis discussing sale of pistols to Dr. Pickup, with 11 photographs. CONDITION: Exceptionally fine, possibly unfired, with frizzens showing very few strikes, pans still bright polished, earlier bbls (ca 1640) with some minor pits in bores. Locks retain nearly all their orig bright polish, fire blue remaining on screws, top jaw, and springs, as well as trigger and trigger plate. Silver has minor marks and light tarnish. Stocks have orig finish and are sound. An exceptional pair of pistols from the Keith Neal collection, they were item no. 255 at his auction. 4-46477 MGM256 (10,000-15,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2012 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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