A MID-18TH CENTURY SCOTTISH FLINTLOCK BELT PISTOL
JOHN CAMPBELL II OF DOUNE
Auction: Day 1: Wednesday 20 August - Lots 1 - 296
Description
the all steel rams butt pistol with engraved scroll and foliage decoration, the butt with inlaid silver cartouches engraved with the crest and motto for Ogilvy and ‘Airly’ in script to one side and 1497 below a thistle to the other, with silver ball trigger and pricker, with three stage barrel with reeded breech and flared octagon muzzle, engraved and pierced belt hook, signed to lock John Campbell
Dimensions
18cm long (barell), 19cm long (overall)
Provenance
Property from the Earls of Airlie
Footnote
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament