BELGIUM (?), second half of the 18th century - Lot 109

BELGIUM (?), second half of the 18th century C. BAUDUIN Marine officer's pistol. Flat-body flintlock lock, signed in a phylactery, with iron swan-neck hammer engraved with foliage. Round bronze barrel, then oval towards the muzzle, blunderbussed, ringed, engraved with leaves. Smooth. Mouth size: 27 x 35 mm. Long walnut shaft carved with teardrops and a thunder flower. Cut brass trim decorated with fillets, scrolls and cartouches, beak-shaped cap. With wooden ramrod with horn tip. Barrel length: 19.2 cm - Overall length: 34.5 cm. Scratches and knocks from use; small wormholes and a few cracks in the wood, with a crack or old break (?) filled with glue, between the lock and trigger guard, small filling on the stock; old oxidation (cleaned) on the metal parts. It could be made by the workshop of Charles BEAUDUIN [or BAUDUIN] & Frères, which was active in Liège from 1750 to 1790.