GERMAN ROCOCO FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL – SIGNED G. P. LINHART, MUNCHEN, REVOLUTIONARY WAR ERA

GERMAN ROCOCO FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL – SIGNED G. P. LINHART, MUNCHEN, REVOLUTIONARY WAR ERA

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Item Code: 172-6127

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A handsome German flintlock holster pistol from Munich, the Bavarian capital and long a center of fine gunmaking, with the lock signed by the maker G. P. Linhart "IN MINCHEN." Made in the third quarter of the 18th century, it is decorated throughout in the Rococo taste and is a good example of the quality civilian and officer's arms being produced in the German states during the era of the American Revolution. The large .59 caliber bore and long barrel mark it as a likely holster/saddle.

The walnut full stock runs to the muzzle and is carved in relief with raised shell and scroll work around the barrel tang, with carved borders framing the lock and side plate and a raised teardrop behind each. The brass furniture is especially attractive. The buttcap is engraved with scrolling foliage and has long spurs running up the sides of the grip. The trigger guard has a broad bow and ends in cast Rococo scroll finials at both ends. The side plate is a large cast and engraved Rococo design of asymmetrical scrolls and shellwork, held by two side nails. Two brass ramrod pipes hold the wooden ramrod: a long entry pipe with a scrolled tail and a ringed forward pipe. The ramrod is present.

The flat lock plate is engraved with Rococo scrollwork and carries the maker's signature in a cartouche beneath the cock. The swan-neck cock is engraved with foliage, and the frizzen is engraved with a scroll on its face, with a scrolled finial on the frizzen spring. The iron barrel is multi-staged, with a fluted section at the breech, a turned girdle at the transition, and a round section to the muzzle. The bore gauges approximately .59 caliber.

Condition: The iron shows an even gray patina with light scattered pitting, and the engraving on the lock remains clear. The brass mounts have a mellow tone, with the engraving softened by wear on the high points of the buttcap. The stock has a good dark color and shows dings and handling marks consistent with age. There is a crack along the top edge of the left lock mortise at the rear of the lock plate – which extends to the wrist and has been repaired, some small chips and wood loss around the edges of the lock mortise, and a gap where the buttcap meets the stock at the top of the grip. Some minor wear at the forend tip.

Overall length is approximately 18.5 inches, and the barrel measures approximately 11.5 inches.

An attractive and well-decorated signed Munich pistol with fine Rococo brass mounts, a large holster bore, and its ramrod, from the period of the American Revolution.   [cm] [ph:L]

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