Snaphance Flintlock Pistol Made for Wilhelm, Duke of Kurland, dated 1615

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Snaphance Flintlock Pistol Made for Wilhelm, Duke of Kurland, dated 1615, Scottish, Steel, gold, silver, wood (brazilwood), L. 19 3/4 in. ( cm); L. of barrel 12 1/2 in. ( cm); Cal. .38 in. ( mm); Wt. 2 lb. 5 oz. (1050 g), Firearms, The earliest recorded Scottish pistols, like this example, have stocks made of wood rather than steel. This pistol, one of a pair, was given by the duke of Kurland to Johann Georg I, elector of Saxony, in 1616

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