Project Description
This is a pair of 1/3 scale George Washington single shot flintlock pistols by master miniature maker Stanley Blashak of Pennsylvania. Each pistol is 5 1/2″ long overall with a 3 5/16″ part octagon part round steel barrel of .156 caliber. The lock assembly, barrel, barrel tang, front sight, and trigger are steel finished in the white. The barrel tang, barrel breech, lockplate, and hammer modestly but expertly engraved, & better than most I have seen! The furniture is German silver with more elaborate engraving on the sideplate, triggerguard, buttcap, and rear ramrod thimble. The forward ramrod thimbles are barrel shaped with a swelled ring at each end. The American walnut stocks with some nice carving near the barrel tang and some fluting on each side of the ramrod. The locks have both half and full cock, with a crisp action. Accessories include an ivory powder flask, an ivory handled screwdriver, and an ivory handled steel bullet mold with sprue cutter that cast one round ball. The mold is finished in the white, as is the screwdriver blade. Cased in a very typical Stanley Blashak hinged top walnut casing with beveled top and swivel latch. The interior French fit and lined in black felt. The interior rear left, & right front corners have compartments with scrimshawed ivory lids & ivory knobs. The pistols and accessories are mint as new except for some expected tarnish to the German silver. Stock # CK-69. Price: $3,500.00.
