Bidspirit auction | WILSON FLINTLOCK DRAGOON PISTOL

WILSON FLINTLOCK DRAGOON PISTOL - Ca. 1750'S A mid-eighteenth century English pattern dragoon pistol with a flintlock firing system and a smoothbore barrel. The lock plate is engraved with the makers mark of Wilson, possibly the famed London gunsmith Richard Wilson. The barrel features a carved image of a simplistic face surrounded by leaves, possibly intended as a Green Man motif. This gun may have been used during the American War of Independence. Size: 510mm x 70mm; Weight: 970g Provenance: From the private collection of an Essex gentleman; previously in an old British Collection, formed in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.