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 5/8″ long overall with a 3 3/8″ part octagon part round steel barrel of .158 caliber. The muzzle of the barrel slightly swelled. 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 a German silver powder flask, a walnut handled bristle brush, a walnut handled screwdriver, and a 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 red velour. The pistols and accessories are mint as new except for some expected tarnish to the German silver. This set was bought from Imperial Miniature Armory in July of 1996 at a cost of $3,800.00. Previously in the Cranford Dalby collection. Price: $3,150.00.
