Lot 5077
A pair of German over-and-under flintlock pistols, circa 1690/1700
Fine Antique and Modern Firearms | A83s | Live auction | 725 Lots
Hammer price € 6,000
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Two-stage octagonal to round barrels with cannon muzzles. Smooth bores in 12 mm calibre. The lower parts of the barrels with engraved signature "Georg Hartl". Lock plates with engraved decor of grotesque heads between scrolling leaves, monogram "GH" at the end. Double pans with sliding mechanism. Finely engraved, pierced sideplates. Lightly carved walnut full stocks with iron furnitures, the butt caps with mascarons in low relief. Laterally inserted wooden ramrods with horn tips. One pistol with old restored crack at the buttstock, the forend cracked on the left. Length of either pistol 52 cm.Georg Hartl, verifiable as gunsmith between 1673 and 1700, probably active in Saxony. Cf.: Der neue Stöckel, p. 501.
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