QUEEN ANNE STYLE FLINTLOCK PISTOL WITH SILVER MOUNTS AND PIQUE INLAY

QUEEN ANNE STYLE FLINTLOCK PISTOL WITH SILVER MOUNTS AND PIQUE INLAY

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Item Code: 490-3450

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An attractive 18th century flintlock pistol in the Queen Anne style, featuring a richly decorated walnut stock with silver mounts and fine piqué work. Pistols of this form, with their graceful curved butts and grotesque-style buttcaps, were carried by officers and gentlemen of means and remain highly prized by collectors of early arms.

The walnut stock is decorated throughout with silver piqué work, small silver pins set into the wood in lines, borders, and quatrefoil patterns that run around the grip and butt. A cast silver escutcheon in the form of a trophy of arms is set into the side of the grip, and the butt is fitted with a cast and chased silver buttcap with bold scrolling foliage. The stock ends at the breech, where an engraved iron tang band with floral and rosette engraving surrounds the breech.

The lock plate and gooseneck cock are engraved with foliate scrollwork, and the lock retains its original-style frizzen and pan. The lock has a single cocking position, which holds securely, and the mainspring is very strong. The round iron barrel shows traces of engraving at the breech and has an integral rib beneath it for the ramrod. No ramrod is present. The bore gauges approximately .71 caliber. The iron trigger guard is of graceful form.

Condition: The iron shows a gray patina with scattered pitting and areas of darker staining, most noticeable along the barrel. Engraving on the lock and breech band remains visible. The stock has a good dark tone with dings and handling marks consistent with age. There is an old wood repair on the left side of the stock by the trigger guard. A few of the silver piqué pins are missing, and there is some wood wear at the edge of the buttcap. The silver mounts remain bold and well defined.

Overall length is approximately 15.5 inches, and the barrel measures approximately 9 inches.

A handsome and decorative early flintlock pistol with outstanding silver mounts and piqué work.   [cm] [ph:L]

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