A LATE 17TH CENTURY SCOTTISH FLINTLOCK ALL METAL SCROLL BUTT BELT PISTOL ‡
ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS CADELL OF DOUNE
Auction: Day 2: Thursday 21 August - Lots 297 - end
Description
the iron stock profusely decorated throughout, with interlace and strapwork entirely covering the stock, the butt with inlaid silver roundel with six star-shaped petals, the multi-stage barrel with divided sections of silver inlay throughout with three silver bands at the muzzle, with simple ball trigger and matching pricker, with simple shaped and twisted belt hook
Dimensions
28.5cm long (barrel), 41.5cm long (overall length)
Provenance
Fine Antique Arms and Modern Sporting Guns, Christie's, 20th December 1972, lot 197
The John Kirk Collection
Footnote
Note: Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament