Flintlock pistol
Category
Arms and armour
Date
circa 1710
Materials
Steel, wood and brass
Measurements
485 mm (Length)
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Townend, Cumbria
NT 478102
Summary
Flintlock military holster pistol, English c1710.
Full description
Flintlock holster pistol, English c1710. Long English military style holster pistol of the period 1700 – 1715. No identifiable markings could be found. The lock engraving is partly erased but traces of a stylised face can be seen. This is reminiscent of the designs for gun engraving published by Claude Simonin of Paris in 1685. Iron barrel formed in three stages, octagonal at the breech, becoming 16-sided, then round to the muzzle, each section separated by turned mouldings. Retained to the stock by 2 barrel pins. Later wooden ramrod with metal tip. Barrel length 30.6cm. Calibre 14.5mm. Walnut full-stock with bulbous grip and profile carving to the metal elements, and a carved and raised apron to barrel tang. The wood split and some missing, and also with a considerable amount of worm holes. Iron furniture comprising, buttcap with long spurs, trigger guard with decorative finials, side-plate (missing), escutcheon and 2 baluster turned ramrod pipes. Curved trigger with scroll tip. Flintlock, the plate curved and engraved, the signature erased. Cock and frizzen spring missing Internal mechanism missing. Retained to the stock by 2 sidenails (modern replacements). Overall length: 48.8cm The iron bullet mould TOW/M/18 is the same calibre and period as this pistol.