Pair Queen Anne pistols by Haywood of Boughton

[rickystl]

Originally Posted by fernando

Looking at pictures in post #10 reminds me that i once had a pistol of the Queen Anne type, so to say, that also had a fix barrel equiped with ramrod.
Whether the intention of the maker was to intentionally produce a knock off or simply build his own perspective of these pistols ignition system, is something that remained obscure to me .

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Hi Fernando.

I find this a very interesting pistol. It does in fact seem the maker/customer was attempting to copy the "general" style. This pistol looks like it was European made for an Eastern customer. Very interesting. You no longer have it ?

Rick

[fernando]

I always felt bad for this not being the real thing; the knock off syndrome, you know. It cost me good money, though. After having for five years i swapped it for another piece.

[corrado26]

I saw your LONDON-signed Queen Anne pistol, probably made by a Liège-gunmaker at the Czerny-auction but had at that time no money left to buy it.
corrado26

[fernando]

We tend to forget that often antique weapons travel a long way, from one owner to another ... even sometimes back to the previous ones.
This pistol was once auctioned in a well known house in Lisbon. Later in 2007 i bought it in a local antiquary, who told me this was the second time he had it for sale. Probably the first time was before it was auctioned, as its bidding price was in Euros, therefore much after the date label i found under the barrel. It is well possible that, the person to whom i swapped it in 2012 may have 'recently' decided to auction it at Czerny's.


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