Glass drinking vessel in the shape of a flintlock pistol
before end of 18th century
Overall: 287 mm
Cf. Cat. 713, but with part of the barrel broken off, estimated at c. 90 mm from the muzzle, and with intact cock with broad, scrolled striated spur and fused to the base of the cock a decoration simulating a foliage-chiselled cock-screw; the guard with a spurlike projection underneath, the butt in a slightly sharper downward angle and with large globular pommel with a quatrefoil-shaped boss applied by fusion.
Remarks
(STYLE) Cf. Cat. 713.
(HISTORY) Cf. Cat. 712.