A LATE 18TH CENTURY FLINTLOCK LOBE BUTT ALL STEEL BELT PISTOL ‡
BY JAMES INNES OF EDINBURGH
Auction: Day 2: Thursday 21 August - Lots 297 - end
Description
brass signature plaque to lock and silver signed plaque to barrel, flat engraved steel French cock with capstan top jaw screw, the three-stage barrel with flared octagonal muzzle with silver fore-site, plain ball trigger, the plain stock terminating in the engraved lobed butt engraved with acanthus leaf foliate decoration, set with turned steel ramrod, with simple belt hook
Dimensions
18cm long (barrel), 30cm long (overall)
Provenance
The John Kirk Collection
Footnote
James Innes was admitted as a Burgess of the trade in Edinburgh in 1792, by right of his father Francis Innes who had been established in Edinburgh for 20 years.
He worked from North Bridge and by 1803 was gunmaker to His Majesty. He worked in partnership with James Wallace from circa 1795. By 1815 the business is continued as James Innes & Co and moved to the more fashionable 44 Princes Street.
Various muskets by Innes & Wallace survived from the Seafield Armoury of Sir James Grant and are now within the collection of National Museums Scotland (M.1978.9.8 and others).
Note: Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament