A PAIR OF SCOTTISH LATE 18TH CENTURY BRASS LOBE BUTT FLINTLOCK PISTOLS
THOMAS MURDOCH OF DOUNE AND LEITH
Auction: Day 2: Thursday 21 August - Lots 297 - end
Description
the three stage brass barrels with slightly flared octagonal ends and engraved stylised foliate decoration, with later Victorian proof marks, the brass stocks with lobe butts and engraved borders, with oval cartouche to upper edge engraved in script Robert King, the brass locks signed T MURDOCH, with steel S scroll hammer and engraved ball trigger, mounted with simple belt hooks (2)
Dimensions
19cm (barrel) 30cm (overall)
Provenance
Roy G. Cole Collection, Hamilton Ontario
Cole Collection of Fine Firearms Part I, Sotheby’s 15th June 1970
Footnote
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament