Product Details
A CONTINENTAL 22-BORE FLINTLOCK SILVER-MOUNTED PISTOL, no visible serial number,
French, circa 1770 and possibly signed 'BOUTET', with two-stage 8in. barrel banded at the intersection, applies silver muzzle-band, silver boat-shaped fore-sight, raised carved top-tang, flat, slightly curved bevel-edged lockplate with stepped tail, indistinct signature forwards of the hammer, walnut full-stock carved around the top-tang, lock and ramrod channel, long-eared silver butt-cap with possible later floral engraving, border line engraved silver side-plate, silver pillar and shell trigger-guard bow, silver ramrod pipes and later ivory-tipped ramrod
Estimate £900-1,200