A Rare unique early Pistol

[Philip]

Originally Posted by BANDOOK

someone here will tell us more about this unusual pistol,am also adding a photo of a Afgani man with a similar type of pistol around his waist

Regards Rajesh

Hello,
Looking closely at the image of the Afghan (a drawing, not a photo) I can see that the artist has depicted a firearm notably different from your "pistol". The lock mechanism in the artwork shows a "swan neck" cock or hammer dissimilar to the piece under consideration, and a lack of the large external mainspring. Seems to me that the artist was trying to depict, in a rough sketch format, a typical flintlock of the 19th cent., of a type used by the British in India.