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Lot n° 89

FRANCE, seconde moitié du XVIIIème siècle

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Two pistols: - one small. Flintlock lock with gooseneck hammer, round body. Round moulded barrel. Cal. 11 mm. Walnut barrel. Brass splintle knob underlined with fillets, centered with a grimaceous mascaron. Engraved brass trim; engraved openworked counterplate with scrolls with chimera or bird heads. Barrel length: 9.5 cm - Long. total: 21 cm. Without ramrod. Oxidation; cracks, shocks and missing barrel; one barrel retaining screw missing. - one of pommel. Transformed flintlock percussion lock, with flat-bodied hammer. Traces of signature "CANA?EE à Beville". Round barrel slightly faceted with thunder. Cal. 16 mm. Walnut barrel, with oval brass thumb piece adorned with a helmet man. Large brass splintle pommel underlined with fillets, centered with a profile of a helmet man. Openworked and engraved brass counterplate with chimera head scrolls decoration. Iron trigger guard, unsuitable, reported. Barrel length: 17 cm - Total length: 33 cm. Without ramrod. Bad condition, missing, for parts.