A FINE PAIR OF DIMINUTIVE 18TH CENTURY SCOTTISH STEEL BELT PISTOLS
THOMAS MURDOCH OF DOUNE
Auction: Day 2: Thursday 21 August - Lots 297 - end
Description
the pistols of all steel construction with three stage barrel, flared at octagonal muzzle, the stocks with profusely engraved scroll decoration and inlaid with silver, the butt with oval silver cartouche engraved with the crest and motto of McGill, the locks signed T. Murdoch, with silver engraved ball trigger and pricker, and steel ram rods, with simple engraved belt hook (2)
Dimensions
13cm (barrell), 25cm (overall)
Provenance
Provenance:
Dr James Hasson Collection
Fine Firearms, Arms and Armour and Pewter, Christie's Manson & Woods 12th December 1967, lot 211 (£1000)
Geoffrey Jenkinson Collection
Private Collection
Exhibited:
Glasgow Exhibition, 1910
Lady Elphinstone Exhibition, 1931
Footnote
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament