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Flint bag pistol
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Flint bag pistol

Godefroi Corbeau (I) · 1730 - 1740 · trekken; relief (sculpture technique); cutting; drawn thread work; gild; engraving; iron (metal); gilding (material); wood (plant 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 lock plate is unadorned except for a signature. The barrel has two bands with rings, one around the breech; rifled with 13 grooves. The stock is simply carved with, among other things, arabesques; the grip is curved. The formerly gilded, yellow copper mount with relief decoration consists of a trigger guard with a Turk's head on it, an openwork screw plate of leafy vines with a dragon, and a butt cap with symmetrical curls around a grotesque mask; no ramrod pipe; the ramrod has an iron cap.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineVuursteenzakpistool. 1730 - 1740. Godefroi Corbeau (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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