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Lot n° 38

FRANCE, dernier quart du XVIIIème du siècle

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Small flintlock pistol, type 1779. Lock signed J. LALLE [?] and swan neck hammer with round bodies. Brass counterplate, en suite. Round barrel, then with three sides, of which a broad upper rounded, with decoration of a gilded sun on blued bottom. Smooth. Calibre 13 mm. Trim in plain brass. Barrel in drowning with stick carved in head of sea dog. Length of the barrel: 9.5 cm - Total length: 19 cm. Without rod. Barrel possibly shortened. Wear with the sun, strong oxidations, shocks with the mouth of the barrel; armed hammer, blocked; shocks and small cracks with the barrel, splinter with wood with the back of the lock.