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Pistol Long Caption: One of a pair of flintlock duelling pistols said to have belonged to Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson 1758-1805. However, the association with Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson 1758-1805 cannot be authenticated as the silver marks on the pistols are for the year 1812, well after Nelson's death. The stocks are made of walnut and are fully stocked to the muzzles. The underside of the stocks are elaborately carved with a foliate design whilst the butts are decorated with a diamond chequered pattern. The butt caps are made of silver with an engraved silver band round the foot. On the upper side of the butts are flattened iron sections in which a hole is punched in order to take a detachable stock. The trigger guards are silver and there are two octagonal sectioned ramrod pipes also made of silver fitted beneath the fore-ends which contains wooden ramrods with silver tips. They are decorated with a gold square level with a vent hole and two silver bands in front of V-shaped rear sights. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Object: AAA2424.1 Artist: Tatham & Egg; Moses Brent Date: circa 1812 Medium: walnut; silver; iron; wood; gold; leather Size: 150 mm x 390 mm x 40 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.