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Thursday 30 March 2023, 10:00 AM • Sarzana

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A military type flintlock pistol, first quarter of the 19th Century

Estimate

€ 300 - 500

Sold

€ 938

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Impero Britannico
length 38 cm
Smoothbore, round, 17 mm cal. barrel, marked on the back with the mark "GR" surmounted by a crown and above the broad arrow marked with the mark of the Birmingham test bench. Flintlock with rampant lion effigy, crowned "2" mark and date "1808". Wooden stock with signs of use. Brass mounts, trigger guard with open-work. Brass-tipped wooden ramrod with iron base for the cartridge extractor. Probably for colonial use.