French flintlock pistol?

[Walter Sobchak]

I’ve scoured the interwebs, bought Torsten Lenk’s book, I even went to the Dresden gun armory museum in Germany in search of clues. I need help identifying where, when, and potentially who made this gun. Barrel is 7” long, gun length is 13” long. All parts appear original as the fit is firm and secure. Loading rod does not appear original however. Stock appears to be figured walnut. Lock & barrel have finial engravings. There are no visible lettering or initials. There is an engraved mark or stamp partially obscured by the stock but I’m reluctant to disassemble the gun. I assumed the pistol is French, mid-1700’s? Any thoughts or opinions / expertise would be greatly appreciated! I’m new to collecting, slowly building a small collection for home display.

 

[Flintlock1640]

looks Dutch or German to me. Ca 1750s give or take 20 years, more likely earlier than later given the early banana lock.

 

[Conquerordie]

Almost looks like burl walnut. It's beautiful. Interesting the tang is straight sided, and not flared. It might be even earlier. It seems like a higher quality pistol, odd that it's not marked in any way.

 

[Walter Sobchak]

Almost looks like burl walnut. It's beautiful. Interesting the tang is straight sided, and not flared. It might be even earlier. It seems like a higher quality pistol, odd that it's not marked in any way.

I looked at every single flintlock pistol at every museum in Munich, Dresden, Nürnberg, while I was there this summer. I compared the sideplate design to ones in museums and found close / almost exact similarities to other French & German guns of the early 1700’s. The lock is what confuses me, I didn’t see any with the 2 pins