Lot 41
Pair of French Style Flintlock Muff Pistols
Sale 2030 - Arms, Armor and Militaria
Oct 23, 2024 10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati

Estimate
$1,200 - $1,800
Lot Description
Pair of French Style Flintlock Muff Pistols
.50 caliber. 3.25" octagon to round barrels with baluster turned transitions. NSN. Bright finish, steel mountings, silver wire inlay, European hardwood stocks. Single shot muzzleloading smoothbore flintlock pocket pistols. 3" convex pointed locks are in original flint and are unmarked. Locks with fenced and bridled rounded iron pans and rounded swan neck cocks. Steel butt caps engraved with rudimentarily engraved facial motifs in the form of the "grotesque mask". Aprons inlaid with silver wire and with a silver wire border around the butt caps. Both pistols include button head steel ramrods. No markings, but stylistically likely first quarter of the 19th century and of French origin.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
Condition Report
Good. Bores moderately oxidized with some surface rust. Steel lightly cleaned with speckled oxidation and discoloration. Locks mechanically functional. Silver wire essentially intact. Wood with some light wear and handling marks.

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