Thomas Del Mar - Armour Sale

418418A FINE PAIR OF GERMAN FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLSSIGNED DE GRAFFEN, SUHL CONTROL MARKS, CIRCA1720with swamped barrels each formed with a long flat andfitted with moulded brass fore-sights, chiselled withacanthus over the breech and stamped with Suhl controlmarks and the barrelsmith’s mark (Neue Støckel 4834)beneath, engraved tangs fitted with moulded back-sights,signed locks with strongly bevelled edges chiselled withfoliage on a punched ground, engraved with further scrollson the tail and beneath the pan, the cocks strongly bevelledand chiselled en suite, highly figured walnut full stockscarved with raised mouldings and conventional foliageabout the barrel tangs, and with delicate scrolls over thefore-ends, steel mounts cast and chased in low relief,comprising pierced scrolling foliate side-plates, mouldedspurred pommels fitted with grotesque mask caps, triggerguardswith acanthus finials and a flower on the bows, apair of strongly faceted ramrod-pipes, and vacantescutcheons, horn fore-end caps, and one with originalhorn-tipped wooden ramrod (the other replaced)53.2cm; 21 in(2)This maker appears to be unrecorded.£3000-5000177