£100
AN ANTIQUE FLINTLOCK PISTOL APPARENTLY IN THE INITIAL STAGES OF CONVERSION TO PERCUSSION, its lock is marked Patrick and it has had the pan cut off and its frizzen and related spring removed, its cock is broken in half, the 11'' octagonal barrel bears a London raised view mark, a raised letter F (used to indicate the maker was not a London gunmaker) and an obliterated definitive proof mark, it has a rear sight and small foresight, its walnut stock is fitted with a slab sided grip and steel butt cap, the trigger guard terminal bears an acorn which dates its production to the last quarter of the 18th century when the acorn design was replaced by the pineapple which first appeared on small arms in 1772, a section of the stock under the muzzle is damaged and its ramrod has lost both of its end fittings
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