Code: 11209
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This rare pocket watch fob is intended as an eye catching and interesting decoration for a watch chain.
It is beautifully made in polished steel with silver mounts in the form of a miniature flintlock pistol.
It remarkably has a fully working and detailed action for cocking and firing the hammer with the spring loaded trigger. There is also a separate spring loaded locking mechanism for opening the hinged barrel.
The pistol has eye-catching and ornate silver grips decorated with delicate incised scrolls. A matching silver ring attaches this fine pistol to a silver watch chain.
The barrel is stamped with the word Austria on the top edge.
This fine watch fob is a rare example and is in very good original condition.
Austrian, circa 1900
Height 2cm x width 4 cm x depth 0.6cm
