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1532. Pair of European flintlock pistols, 1700s. Each about 3 lb and 22” long. Elegant ornamental pieces with ornate silver mounts
(the sideplates showing the wigged bust of a monarch and an unclothed native standing), engraved steel locks (not fully functional) and bar-
rels with carved bone nosecaps and “tiger” grain walnut stock, one original ramrod and the other a crude replacement. With photo-certificate.
Estimate: $3,000-$4,500.

1533. French flintlock musket, 1771, maker St. Etienne (marked), American Revolutionary War period, very rare and
important, ex-Gilkerson. 7 lb 7 oz, 57” long. An untouched, fully functional and all-original piece with impressively long 40” barrel of .74
caliber, rounded lockplate and reinforced hammer with ETIENNE stamped under the rounded powder-pan, brass “Charleville” mounts on
walnut stock, three spring-fastened barrel-bands and original steel ramrod, plain S-shaped sideplate and screw-fastened buttplate in brass.
(Packing and shipping to be invoiced separately.) Pedigreed to the Gilkerson collection. Estimate: $5,000-$7,500.

1534. British flintlock blunderbuss marked by maker W & S Rooke, late 1700s. 5 lb 7 oz, 29” long. Interesting piece with less
than half its length accounted for by its brass barrel, showing maker’s London address and eight-point star on top (proofmarks to side) and
“Long Live King George” around the flaring muzzle, 1-1/4” bore, lightly engraved walnut stock and brass trigger-guard, tight and functional
lock with maker’s name on side, wooden ramrod (possible period replacement) intact but missing brass tip. With photo-certificate. Estimate:
$2,500-$3,750.
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