A REPRODUCTION SCOTTISH 17TH CENTURY SNAPHAUNCE BELT PISTOL ‡
Auction: Day 2: Thursday 21 August - Lots 297 - end
Description
the all-metal stock with engraved scroll foliate decorations, the brass crescent-shaped lock with sliding pan cover, with dog headlock, the cock with square section top jaw nut, the tapered grip terminating in an engraved ovoid lemon butt of hexagonal form with engraved foliate decoration and turned pricker, the engraved three-stage barrel with two raised bands, moulded raised bands at the hexagonal muzzle, the reverse with shaped and engraved belt hook, ramrod pipe and ramrod with tip to match the muzzle
Dimensions
26cm long (barrel), 41cm long (overall length)
Provenance
The John Kirk Collection
Footnote
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament