AUCTION 50: ANTIQUE MILITARIA, FALL 2024

A CAUCASIAN FLINTLOCK MIQUELET PISTOL WITH NIELLO POMMEL, 19TH CENTURY

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Start price: $800

Estimated price: $1,200 - $1,500

Buyer's premium:

A circa 19th century Caucasian flintlock with gold damascene along the lock and barrel, and a pommel of niello relief-work. The shagreen leather-covered stock is fixed to the barrel with three silver bands. The lock is decorated with gold inlay.

Bore diameter: 15mm.

Caucasia, 19th Century.

L: 16 in., (40.64 cm.)

Condition: Evidence of three barrel bands that are no longer present. Stock, pommel, and damascene are age-worn but sturdy. Some niello missing on the backstrap.