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Flintlock marine pistol
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Flintlock marine pistol

Laurens Constant · 1770 - 1780 · blocked; cutting; engraving; beitelen; wood (plant material); brass (alloy); steel (alloy)

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

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The lock is unadorned except for a signature; the inner side of the lock plate is stamped with LC, the stock with JV. The barrel is chiseled with a large emblem consisting of two crossed anchors with the letters A, O, D and M in between; at the bottom stamped with an undecipherable mark and a globe with a cross above a U or a horseshoe; the sight bead is of brass. The stock is simply carved. The brass furniture includes, among other things, a drawer band, an S-shaped screw plate, an unadorned oval thumb plate attached with two brass nails, and a stock cap with long spurs, a relief edge and an unadorned stock plate; the ramrod is of steel.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineVuursteen marinepistool. 1770 - 1780. Laurens Constant. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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