A MID-18TH CENTURY FLINTLOCK LOBE BUTT ALL BRASS BELT PISTOL ‡
BY THOMAS MURDOCH OF DOUNE AND EDINBURGH
Auction: Day 2: Thursday 21 August - Lots 297 - end
Description
signed to lock plate, ‘T. MURDOCH’ the all brass stock with foliate scroll engraved decoration with chevron and scroll panels, flat engraved steel cock, the three-stage engraved barrel with foliate scrolls and with flared engraved muzzle, large rose head engraved silver ball trigger, the engraved stock terminating in the lobed butt engraved with panels with foliate decoration, with simple shaped belt hook
Dimensions
12cm long (barrel), 23cm long (overall)
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