A Good Irish Flintlock Duelling Pistol by O’Neil of Dublin.
A Good Irish Flintlock Duelling Pistol by O’Neil of Dublin. With slightly swamped sighted barrel, with border engraved gold poincon signed, ‘ONeil DUBLIN’ breech block inlaid with a single gold line, gold touch hole and standing rear-sight, beautifully engraved tang, border engraved and decorated with stands of arms, stepped, bevelled lock, signed ONeil in script, half-stocked in walnut (old crack on lock side towards cap), cut with chequering at the grip and with an engraved cut-out for a shoulder-stock, engraved silver escutcheon, engraved with what appears to be hands shaking and the original owners initials, silver barrel bolt escutcheons, with engraved steel trigger guard, decorated with stands of arms on the bow and fitted with a spur, pineapple finial, horn tipped ramrod with steel worm.
ONeil appears to be an unrecorded Irish maker.
Dimensions:
Bore: 25 Bore
Barrel Length: 11 Inches (28 cm)
Overall Length: 16.5 Inches (42 cm)
£2,950.00
1 in stock
