MARINE OFFICER'S FLINTGUN PISTOL, First Empire. 25672
Octagonal brass barrel, length 20.2 cm, length with breech tail 25.5 cm, engraved near the breech tail with a scalloped ramrod. Steel breech tail. Steel sight at the end of the barrel. Barrel very slightly blundered at the muzzle, caliber 17 mm. Brass plate, unsigned, engraved with lightning bolts and foliage. All brass fittings engraved with foliage and palmettes. Walnut frame richly carved with silver fillets and foliage. Finely squared sloping stock. Whale baleen wand with bone head. Total length of the weapon 34.5 cm.
France.
First Empire.
Very good condition, very slight chip to the wood below the plate.
Reference :
25672