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Flintlock pistol
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Flintlock pistol

Westerhof · 1715 - 1720 · blocked; relief (sculpture technique); ciselure; cutting; gild; engraving; gilding (material); silver (metal); brass (alloy)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

The lock is simply engraved with, among other things, leafy tendrils, a laurelled male head and a signature. The barrel is stamped on the top and bottom with the coat of arms of Utrecht and has a ring around the front and rear of the breech of the barrel; grooved for a rear sight and provided with a silver front sight in relief in the form of a grotesque mask, of which the nose forms the sight. The stock is carved with, among other things, foliage. The formerly gilded brass furniture includes, among other things, a screw plate of two asymmetrical leafy tendrils in rococo style, indicating that the screw plate is of later date, a heart-shaped thumb plate with chased relief decoration consisting of borders of leaves under a leaf crown, and a butt cap with a mask at the bottom; the ramrod is fitted with a brass ramrod.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineVuursteenpistool. 1715 - 1720. Westerhof. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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