A French Flintlock Powder-Tester Signed E. Parquer Fecit, Dated 18(?)6Of pistol form, with large indicator wheel signed and dated on one side and numbered from '1' to '14' on the other, mounted on a pillar carrying an indicator point on one side, operating against a large spring with thumb-lever, and with circular anvil fitting against the top of the brass chimney above the touch-hole, plain sharply-pointed tang, flat bevelled lock with brass pan and pierced cock, figured full stock with rounded butt, trigger-plate with pointed finial, and exposed trigger; together with another of similar form, 19th century, with figured stock, and earlier steel mounts including engraved spurred pommel and side-plate pierced with foliage involving figures and a serpent's head (some wear and rust patination) (2) 30.2 cm. and 30 cm.FootnotesProvenance The first sold in these Rooms, Fine Antique Arms and Armour from the Henk L. Visser Collection, 28 November 2007, lot 76 Literature The First G. De Vries and B.J. Martins, The Visser Collection, vol. 1, part 4, cat. no. 1033, pp. 792-793 Probably intended for military use
A French Flintlock Powder-Tester Signed E. Parquer Fecit, Dated 18(?)6Of pistol form, with large indicator wheel signed and dated on one side and numbered from '1' to '14' on the other, mounted on a pillar carrying an indicator point on one side, operating against a large spring with thumb-lever, and with circular anvil fitting against the top of the brass chimney above the touch-hole, plain sharply-pointed tang, flat bevelled lock with brass pan and pierced cock, figured full stock with rounded butt, trigger-plate with pointed finial, and exposed trigger; together with another of similar form, 19th century, with figured stock, and earlier steel mounts including engraved spurred pommel and side-plate pierced with foliage involving figures and a serpent's head (some wear and rust patination) (2) 30.2 cm. and 30 cm.FootnotesProvenance The first sold in these Rooms, Fine Antique Arms and Armour from the Henk L. Visser Collection, 28 November 2007, lot 76 Literature The First G. De Vries and B.J. Martins, The Visser Collection, vol. 1, part 4, cat. no. 1033, pp. 792-793 Probably intended for military use
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