Main Sale - September 2012 : Sale A1066 Lot 450
A 20-BORE MIQUELET-LOCK SINGLE-SHOT PISTOL, UNSIGNED, MODEL RAT-TAIL, no visible serial number,
Product Details
A 20-BORE MIQUELET-LOCK SINGLE-SHOT PISTOL, UNSIGNED, MODEL 'RAT-TAIL', no visible serial number,
Albanian, circa 1790, with 13in. two-stage barrel (worn and corroded, missing nose-cap), iron lock (corroded) with dove-tailed striker-plate to frizzen, one-piece darkly patinated bronze or brass rat-tailed stock engraved with scrolls and arabesques, applied conical butt-cap, iron trigger-guard (corroded) and provision for rammer (missing)
Estimate £150-250