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Flintlock pistol
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Flintlock pistol

Barend Penterman · c. 1720 · blocked; relief (sculpture technique); ciselure; cutting; drawn thread work; gild; engraving; gilding (material); brass (alloy)

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

About this work

Part of a pair. The lockplate is engraved with, among other things, a laurelled head of a young man in an oval and the maker's signature. The transition between the rear part of the barrel, the cock, and the rest is marked by rings; on the cock are two thickening and a deep sight groove along the entire length; the front sight bead is of yellow copper; stamped to the left of the rear sight with the coat of arms of Utrecht and at the bottom with a crowned heart, not with the coat of arms of Utrecht as on 155-B. The stock is carved with, among other things, foliage.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineVuursteenpistool. c. 1720. Barend Penterman. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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