Pair of English flintlock BARROW PISTOLS... - Lot 202 - FW Auction

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Pair of English flintlock BARROW PISTOLS... - Lot 202 - FW Auction
Pair of English flintlock BARROW PISTOLS with strong rifling and round barrels with a bulge at the end. Thunderbolts, breeches tails and engraved floral-motif locks. Flat plates both signed: "BRISTOL", flat hammers with espalet fixed by the interior provided with a back safety by floating hook. All the fittings are in plain iron; walnut stocks, also plain, with moulded barrels; wooden rods finished with an iron tip. The woods were probably rebuilt in the late 19th century, Great Britain, 17th century. This pair was shown in 1972 to the Curator of the Museum of Solingen who confirms the period as well as the origin. Length 54 cm, caliber 11.5 mm PROVENANCE Paul Washer Collection I -Freedom These pistols are typical of Cromwell's soldiers of the English Revolution of 1642. The system known as "Dog Lock", safety catch floating at the back of the hammer is characteristic of this period as much as of the United Kingdom area. The length of the barrels as well as the shape of the grips with the ovoid caps is a heritage of the morphology of the weapons of the end of the 16th century. Our pair has a refined style. Although reserved for a certain elite, this makes them robust combat pistols. Product of a troubled era that was this English revolution, no one doubts that they knew the battlefields in the cast iron pair of a cavalryman. II - Conquest A period of peace and stability has returned to the United Kingdom. The May Flower has landed on the new continent. Settlers and other trappers arrived with the support of the British Crown. The extension of the Empire was developed there. Once again, men had to equip themselves to face both wildlife and some recalcitrant natives. Rifles, muskets, swords and of course the famous flintlock weapons known as "Dog Lock" similar to our pistols are brought from the old island. III - Independence A growing child must in its natural process "kill its father in order to become master of its destiny". S
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