A RARE RUSSIAN 28 BORE FLINTLOCK MILITARY HOLSTER... Lot 221

A RARE RUSSIAN 28 BORE FLINTLOCK MILITARY HOLSTER PISTOL, DATED 1799, REIGN OF PAUL I (1796-1801) of regulation pattern, with plain barrel (some old pitting, touch-hole bushed) struck with a mark on one side at the breech, bevelled lock engraved ‘Tula 1799’ in Russian and struck with a small ‘K’ mark on the tail, figured full stock (fore-end split on one side, minor damage above the tail of the lock), copper alloy mounts partly stamped with inspector’s mark ‘IK’(?), comprising flat waved side-plate, spurred pommel with flat cap engraved with crowned cypher, trigger-guard incised ’… N:14:’, plain ramrod-pipes and iron ramrod (pitted, some old wear overall), 29.7 cm barrel Provenance Herman Historica, 1997 Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. 401