AUCTION 37 ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOR

AN ENGLISH UNDER AND OVER PISTOL, 19TH CEN.

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Start price: $1,000

Estimated price: $1,500 - $1,800

Buyer's premium: 28%

Sales Tax: On buyer's premium only

Probably made by an English gunsmith, this pistol was originally made as flintlocks, the pistol was later converted to percussion locks, a more advanced mechanism, probably in the 1820s or 1830s. Conversion was a common and economical method of updating a firearm as technology advanced.

Dimensions: L: 13 3/4 in., (35.5 cm.)

Condition: All parts are tight, light rust to the metal parts, good action.