A RARE EARLY 18TH CENTURY SCOTTISH FLINTLOCK ALL METAL SCROLL BUTT BELT PISTOL ‡
BY ALEXANDER CAMERON OF INVERNESS
Auction: Day 2: Thursday 21 August - Lots 297 - end
Description
signed to lock, the iron stock inlaid with silver wire decoration of interlace, scrolls and five-pointed star, the four stage engraved brass barrel with divided sections throughout the length of the barrel with a hexagonal flared muzzle, silver ball trigger with matching silver ball pricker, the simple belt hook with pierced terminal, narrow turned ramrod pipe and steel ramrod with shaped finial
Dimensions
25.5cm long (barrel), 30cm long (overall length)
Provenance
The John Kirk Collection
Footnote
This maker is not recorded in Scottish Arms Makers by Charles E Whitelaw, it has not been possible to trace other examples of his work.
Note: Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament