UNMARKED, PROBABLY FRENCH, SILVER MOUNTED EAGLE BUTT FLINTLOCK PISTOL.

UNMARKED, PROBABLY FRENCH, SILVER MOUNTED EAGLE BUTT FLINTLOCK PISTOL. SN NSN. Cal. .565 Bore diameter. 8″ Octagonal to round iron bbl has inset silver front bead. Lock with serpentine cock, nicely filed inset pan, unbridled frizzen, friction frizzen spring with bulbous finial, has nicely chamfered lockplate with tapered rebated tail. Lockplate, cock and frizzen have light line border engraving. Relief cast and nicely filed and finished, un-hallmarked silver furniture consists of fairly heavy double beaded trigger guard, pierced and scrolled sideplate, crowned crest plate, and nicely detailed eagles head cap forming hooked grip. Figured European walnut stock has shadow lines and beads around lock and trigger guard. Raised acanthus carving is behind top tang and tailpipe. Newer ebony ramrod is held by beaded round silver pipes. CONDITION: Good. Bbl retains pleasing purple-brown patina, silvered at high edges and with traces of gold wash visible. Lock is brown to gray patina. Silver is toned a pleasing gray, and slightly softened from polishing over the years. Stock retains an old oil finish, with some repairs at right side toward muzzle, repaired crack running vertically from tailpipe to bbl channel, and with fingernail sized chip missing from lower rear of lock mortise. 8-76291 MGM95 (3,000-5,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2011

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
	2564	$2,875.00	UNMARKED, PROBABLY FRENCH, SILVER MOUNTED EAGLE BUTT FLINTLOCK PISTOL. SN NSN. Cal. .565 Bore diameter. 8″ Octagonal to round iron bbl has inset silver front bead. Lock with serpentine cock, nicely filed inset pan, unbridled frizzen, friction frizzen spring with bulbous finial, has nicely chamfered lockplate with tapered rebated tail. Lockplate, cock and frizzen have light line border engraving. Relief cast and nicely filed and finished, un-hallmarked silver furniture consists of fairly heavy double beaded trigger guard, pierced and scrolled sideplate, crowned crest plate, and nicely detailed eagles head cap forming hooked grip. Figured European walnut stock has shadow lines and beads around lock and trigger guard. Raised acanthus carving is behind top tang and tailpipe. Newer ebony ramrod is held by beaded round silver pipes. CONDITION: Good. Bbl retains pleasing purple-brown patina, silvered at high edges and with traces of gold wash visible. Lock is brown to gray patina. Silver is toned a pleasing gray, and slightly softened from polishing over the years. Stock retains an old oil finish, with some repairs at right side toward muzzle, repaired crack running vertically from tailpipe to bbl channel, and with fingernail sized chip missing from lower rear of lock mortise. 8-76291 MGM95 (3,000-5,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2011 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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