(-), A flintlock pistol transformed to percussion. Rounded...
A flintlock pistol transformed to percussion. Rounded lock plate and crude percussion hammer with replacement screw. Octagon to round barrel marked with a round shield with hard to discern letters B and JUIS.B. Fore sight in the form of a full moon face. Walnut curved butt stock with heavily engraved brass furniture. Engraving with goddess Diana and Louis XV ornaments. Caliber 16 mm. A fine18th century flintlock pistol, nr 2 of a pair, that was transformed in the19th century to percussion.
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A flintlock pistol transformed to percussion. Rounded lock plate and crude percussion hammer with replacement screw. Octagon to round barrel marked with a round shield with hard to discern letters B and JUIS.B. Fore sight in the form of a full moon face. Walnut curved butt stock with heavily engraved brass furniture. Engraving with goddess Diana and Louis XV ornaments. Caliber 16 mm. A fine18th century flintlock pistol, nr 2 of a pair, that was transformed in the19th century to percussion.
