Bidspirit auction | EAST INDIA STYLE FLINTLOCK PISTOL

EAST INDIA STYLE FLINTLOCK PISTOL - Ca. 1800 - 1815 A flintlock pistol with a smoothbore barrel. There is a stamped crowned cypher on the lock plate immediately underneath the powder pan, though the letter beneath the crown is unclear. This style of gun is similar to the New Land Pattern pistol adopted by the British Army in the early 1800s but lacks a retaining spring for the ramrod and ordinance marks, suggesting that it was a civilian purchase possibly for an officer or member of the East India Company. The gun has no other visible identifying marks. For similar see: Museum of New Zealand, Registration Number DM000308. Size: 390mm x 110mm; Weight: 985g 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.