Description
SCARCE INDIAN FLINTLOCK MILITARY SERVICE PISTOL
CIRCA 1790
brass furniture, full walnut stock with captive swivel ramrod and lanyard eye in butt, the barrel stamped with RW and gunmaker’s view and proof marks (the captive swivel ramrod differs from the British version in having a riveted brass collar with a spring retaining catch)
14in. (35cm)
Provenance:
Ex armoury of the Nizam of Hyderabad.
Hyderabad number APX/657/EX/73