combination flintlock-hanger
 

an extremely rare 1740 combination hanger flintlock pistol, this weapon is in the style of the southern Dutch gun makers, who worked in the middle of the 18th century around Liege. The rococo style is similar to that of Devillers and Niquet.

It is noteworthy that this hanger is also designed as a combination weapon from the start, the trigger mechanism is incorporated in the grip.
Most of the combination hangers are later converted hunting swords, so with an external trigger mechanism.

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What a fine and fascinating work of art.
Thanks for sharing :cool:

Dare i say there is a Hirschfanger touch on that guard shell appendix ?

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Wow!! That is a beautiful piece! (Funny, as I say this at my place of employment, my coworker/non-weapon people are looking at me like I'm crazy for saying this fierce weapon is 'beautiful', but it most definitely is). Love with work on the knuckle bow/shell guard...

What an excellent attribution!
A small brass-mounted two-barrel pistol by Claude Niquet, with a similar bag-shaped Rococo-scrolled grip and butt was in the Visser collection.
So you think 1740? I would even go to maybe 1720s.

An excellent piece! Very elegant. Congratulations. Thanks for sharing.

@ Fernando
yes it is a hirschfanger meant for hunting, these weapons were also worn as part of civilian dressing in the street.

@ Dmitri
This combination weapon is also from the Henk Visser Collection # HV1297.

you're right, Henry Devillers and Claude Niquet made ​​this kind of firearm construction. I know a few pistols of this type, one with a detachable barrel (thread/turn off) made by Devillers, with a similar lock/trigger mechanism.
Nevertheless as a combination weapon, only this example is known to me.

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I don't remember seeing it in the Visser Collection books. I must have overlooked it.
Here's a link to a discussion of a somewhat similar style of hilt on a Dutch hunting hanger.
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ighlight=dutch

Hi,

it is published in the Visser Collection Volume 1 part 4 p 694 and 695

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