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Flintlock pistol
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Flintlock pistol

Godefroi Corbeau (II) · c. 1750 · blocked; relief (sculpture technique); cutting; engraving; beitelen; iron (metal); wood (plant material); silver (metal)

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 flint of the lock is relief-carved in the shape of a drop; rainproof pan. The barrel has a large silver front sight and two bands of rings, the front one incised; stamped at the bottom with an undecipherable mark. The stock is simply carved with, among other things, leafy work; the grip is curved. The silver mount, apart from narrow borders, is unadorned and consists, among other things, of a triangular screw plate with a point at the end, and a pear-shaped thumb plate engraved with the monogram CS; the ramrod has a silver cap.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineVuursteenpistool. c. 1750. Godefroi Corbeau (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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