Пистолет ударный кремневый. Европа. 18 век. фото 14-01

A RARE 20 BORE FLINTLOCK PISTOL BY GRIFFIN & TOW, LONDON CIRCA 1770 with swamped sighted barrel stamped 'IG' for Joseph Griffinat the breech and with London proof marks (pitted), signed rounded border-engraved lock (steel spring missing), figured walnut full stock (fore-end cracked, cracked ahead of the lock), and full brass mounts comprising side-plate centring on a 'Death's head' device above the inscription 'Or Glory', vacant escutcheon enclosed by martial trophies, spurred pommel with Death's head device en suite with the side-plate, trigger-guard with early acorn finial and engraved with a flower on the bow, and a pair of ramrod-pipes (later ramrod) 34.5cm; 13 5/8in The 'Death's Head' device is the regimental badge of the 17th/21st Lancers, originally the 18th Dragoons in 1759, and later the 17th Light Dragoons in 1769. In 1759 General John Hale, the colonel of the regiment, delivered the news of the victory of Quebec and the death of Wolfe to King George II. The regiment was given to the messenger as a reward for the delivery of this news and the badge was given as a tribute to the death of the commander, General Wolfe. An identical pistol, probably the pair to the present, is illustrated in E. Griffin 1993, pp. 142, plate 10.