Main Sale - September 2011 : Sale A1056 Lot 464
A LATE VICTORIAN 20-BORE WHEEL-LOCK HORSE-PISTOL IN THE EARLY 17TH CENTURY STYLE,
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A LATE VICTORIAN 20-BORE WHEEL-LOCK HORSE-PISTOL IN THE EARLY 17TH CENTURY STYLE,
with etched two-stage 21in. barrel, etched square-tailed lockplate (some pitting) with reversed hammer for pyrites, walnut full-stock fully inlaid with bone panels and borders of twisted wire (some small losses), substantial ball pommel, blued finger-grooved trigger-guard, 'hogs-hair' trigger and bone-tipped wooden rammer, the woodwork with some (possibly artificial) worm, iron surfaces stained
Estimate £1,200-1,600