Product Details
A SCARCE 15-BORE PERCUSSION SINGLE-SHOT SERVICE PISTOL, UNSIGNED, MODEL '1820 MILITARY', no visible serial number.
converted from flint and dated for 1822, with 8 1/4in. plain round barrel 'in the white', the breech stamped with the date, a conversion mark and a Dutch inspector's mark, the top-tang engraved 'M1820', flat bevel-edged lock stamped with inspector's marks, radiused tail, remains of the original brass pan, oversized ring hammer chequered on the inner-surface, walnut half-stock with bag-shaped butt, full length iron backstrap adjoining the tang and brass butt-cap, brass trigger-guard bow, brass twin-banded nose-cap and captive iron stirrup ramrod, the whole in fine condition
Provenance: Ex Lot 220 Bonhams Fine Antique Arms and Armour from the Henk L. Visser Collection, Wednesday 28th November 2007
Literature: B.J. Martens and G. de Vries, Nederlande Vuurwapens, Landmacht, Marine en Kolonial Troepen 1813-1866, p. 203
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Estimate £900-1,100