Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Perplexing Mark On Flintlock Holster Pistol

NeilUK · 30th January 2016, 04:55 PM

I have some familiarity with 18th century flintlock pistols (while not being an expert), and I tend to agree with Corrado that the pistol is genuine Spanish and more certainly that it is not an Ottoman or N.African copy. The mark being upside down is peculiar but not totally inexplicable, and the curve of the lockplate could explain the missing end of the name.
Neil

30th January 2016, 04:55 PM	#23
NeilUK Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Scotland Posts: 126	I have some familiarity with 18th century flintlock pistols (while not being an expert), and I tend to agree with Corrado that the pistol is genuine Spanish and more certainly that it is not an Ottoman or N.African copy. The mark being upside down is peculiar but not totally inexplicable, and the curve of the lockplate could explain the missing end of the name. Neil