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A rare flintlock pistol, part of the garniture of firearms made for general Mikhail Krechetnikov, last quarter of the 18th Century
Estimate
€ 10.000 - 15.000
Sold
€ 43.750
The price includes buyer's premium
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length 41 cm.
Smoothbore, two-stage, 14 mm cal. barrel, octagonal at the first part and decorated with gold and silver coat of arms, chain and trophies at the base, round at the second part with silver foresight; the tang decorated with gilded floral motifs and bordered with silver beads; flintlock decorated en suite and signed "TULA 1787"; elegant, wooden full stock, carved with curls and floral motifs, iron mounts with silver and gilded decorations picturing trophies and floral motifs, pierced curls at the trigger guard. Horn-tipped wooden ramrod.