Miquelet Pistol, decoration and maker questions

dana_w · 13th December 2012, 08:19 PM

What do you make of these pistols from Dr. Lavin's book on page 222? He discuses the stocks on page 192.

..."appears to be directly descended from an earlier Brescian shoulder stock. The use of an almost identical pistol stock in Spain would seem to support this. However, no Spanish example of this stock appears until late in the seventeenth century in Ripoll or in the eighteenth century in Castilla (Plate 87). Extremely popular, it lasted until well into the nineteenth century, when the downward curve became more pronounced (Plate 88).

13th December 2012, 08:19 PM	#23
dana_w Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Southeast Florida, USA Posts: 436	What do you make of these pistols from Dr. Lavin's book on page 222? He discuses the stocks on page 192. ..."appears to be directly descended from an earlier Brescian shoulder stock. The use of an almost identical pistol stock in Spain would seem to support this. However, no Spanish example of this stock appears until late in the seventeenth century in Ripoll or in the eighteenth century in Castilla (Plate 87). Extremely popular, it lasted until well into the nineteenth century, when the downward curve became more pronounced (Plate 88). Attached Images