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Four-barreled flintlock turnlock pocket pistol
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Flintlock pocket pistol with four barrels. On the tail of the lockplate a tulip is engraved, on the cock foliage; the lockplate is signed. The four round barrels must be turned by hand; hard-soldered to the core and screwed at the rear to a round iron plate. The stock consists of a short grip that tapers into a butt knob of which half is ivory. The furniture consists of an unworked trigger guard that must be pulled backwards to unlock the rotating barrel mechanism; no provision for a ramrod.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineVierloops vuursteendraailoopzakpistooltje. 1650 - 1655. Jan Flock. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.