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513<br />
A SPANISH PERCUSSION PISTOL SIGNED JOSE<br />
BEISTEGUI EN EIBAR, DATED 1853<br />
with octagonal swamped barrel signed in silver and inlaid<br />
with a silver line at the breech, border and scroll-engraved<br />
back-action lock, walnut three-quarter stock, chequered<br />
butt, engraved steel mounts and steel ramrod (the steel<br />
parts pitted throughout, the fore-end cracked and repaired,<br />
cleaned); and A SPANISH PERCUSSION PISTOL EIBAR,<br />
MID-19TH CENTURY, of rudimentary construction (worn,<br />
extensively cleaned)<br />
the first: 30.5cm; 12in<br />
(2)<br />
£200-300<br />
514<br />
A CONTINENTAL PERCUSSION BLUNDERBUSS PISTOL<br />
IN THE ENGLISH TASTE, CIRCA 1820<br />
converted from flintlock, with brass barrel flaring to a<br />
moulded muzzle, engraved box-lock action stamped<br />
‘London’ on each side, flat-sided walnut butt cut with a<br />
trellis pattern of chequering, and steel trigger-guard (pitted)<br />
23cm; 9in<br />
£100-150<br />
515<br />
A FRENCH MODEL 1763 FLINTLOCK CAVALRY PISTOL<br />
of regulation type, the lock with Maubeuge arsenal<br />
inscription, complete with its ramrod (the steel parts pitted,<br />
areas of wear)<br />
40.5cm; 16in<br />
£300-400<br />
516<br />
A FRENCH REGULATION FLINTLOCK PISTOL, LATE 18TH<br />
CENTURY<br />
with steel barrel retained by a brass muzzle band, the lock<br />
with traces of an arsenal inscription, hardwood full stock,<br />
and regulation brass mounts (restorations and repairs); and<br />
AN EASTERN PERCUSSION PISTOL IN THE<br />
CONTINENTAL STYLE, 19TH CENTURY<br />
the first: 34.5cm; 13K in<br />
(2)<br />
£250-350<br />
515<br />
516<br />
517<br />
517<br />
A BELGIAN PERCUSSION PISTOL OF REGULATION TYPE<br />
BY PIRLOT FRÈRES À LIÈGE, CIRCA 1840<br />
with tapering barrel retained by a single brass band<br />
incorporating the fore-sight, signed back-action lock, walnut<br />
three-quarter stock, brass mounts of regulation type, and<br />
associated steel ramrod (the steel parts pitted throughout;<br />
and A CONTINENTAL REGULATION PERCUSSION PISTOL,<br />
CIRCA 1840, a regulation conversion from flintlock, with<br />
steel barrel retained by a single brass band, regulation lock<br />
with rounded tail, walnut stock, regulation brass mounts,<br />
and with its steel ramrod (worn throughout)<br />
the first: 35.5cm; 14in<br />
(2)<br />
£350-450<br />
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