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Flintlock pistol
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Part of a pair. The lock is unadorned except for a signature; the inner side of the lock plate is stamped with a 3, unlike 164-A. The barrel has the Amsterdam city mark on the left rear; a rib runs along the top; the front sight is of yellow copper. The stock is curved and carved with, among other things, leafy vines; the lock plate cover is of cowhorn. Apart from the two octagonal ramrod pipes, the formerly gilded, yellow copper mount is striated like that of swords and consists of the trigger guard, screw plate, thumb plate and butt cap; the ramrod has a cowhorn cap.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineVuursteenpistool. c. 1730. Willem Nacken. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.