A RUSSIAN 13 BORE FLINTLOCK MODEL 1809 DRAGOON... Lot 222

A RUSSIAN 13 BORE FLINTLOCK MODEL 1809 DRAGOON BELT PISTOL, DATED 1813, REIGN OF ALEXANDER I (1801-1825) of regulation pattern, with plain barrel struck with indistinct Imperial eagle mark and other marks at the breech, bevelled lock engraved ‘TULA’ in Russian over the date, and with ‘V’ mark on the tail, figured full stock, copper alloy mounts stamped with inspector’s marks and including escutcheon engraved with crowned cypher of Alexander I, spurred pommel with domed cap, iron belt hook (pitted), no provision for a ramrod, 26.3 cm barrel Provenance Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. 443