VERY ATTRACTIVE DECORATIVE PAIR OF SCROLL BUTTED WHEEL LOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS, 17th CENTURY AND LATER.

VERY ATTRACTIVE DECORATIVE PAIR OF SCROLL BUTTED WHEEL LOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS, 17th CENTURY AND LATER. SN NSN. These extremely decorative and unique appearing wheel lock pistols are typical of those assembled using old parts in the 19th century to meet the demand of the newly rich who wished to furnish their Victorian castles with arms and armor from this 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. There were simply not sufficient original examples to meet the demand. These pistols are a classic example. Stocks are profusely inlaid with animals, pellets and flowers in the 17th century style. Lockplates appear original while the dog springs, dogs and internal parts and bbls are later. Exhibition: Undergraduate Library, University of Texas, Austin. PROVENANCE: See “About Those Wonderful Wheel Locks”, Gunsport Magazine, Oct. 1966, pp. 16-21. These very guns are pictured in a “Gunsport Magazine” from October of 1966 wherein they are said to have come from the Major Hugh Smiley collection, a famous early collector from NH. Collection of Dr. Douglas Sirkin. CONDITION: Overall very good with most inlay intact and metal brown and clean. 4-49772 MZ29 (5,000-10,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2013

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
	2491	$8,050.00	VERY ATTRACTIVE DECORATIVE PAIR OF SCROLL BUTTED WHEEL LOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS, 17th CENTURY AND LATER. SN NSN. These extremely decorative and unique appearing wheel lock pistols are typical of those assembled using old parts in the 19th century to meet the demand of the newly rich who wished to furnish their Victorian castles with arms and armor from this 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. There were simply not sufficient original examples to meet the demand. These pistols are a classic example. Stocks are profusely inlaid with animals, pellets and flowers in the 17th century style. Lockplates appear original while the dog springs, dogs and internal parts and bbls are later. Exhibition: Undergraduate Library, University of Texas, Austin. PROVENANCE: See “About Those Wonderful Wheel Locks”, Gunsport Magazine, Oct. 1966, pp. 16-21. These very guns are pictured in a “Gunsport Magazine” from October of 1966 wherein they are said to have come from the Major Hugh Smiley collection, a famous early collector from NH. Collection of Dr. Douglas Sirkin. CONDITION: Overall very good with most inlay intact and metal brown and clean. 4-49772 MZ29 (5,000-10,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2013 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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