Spanish Cavalry Pistol with Patilla Style Miquelet Lock 1808-1812

[dana_w]

Originally Posted by Fernando K

Dear Dana:

LAVIN, page 184:

......while the common patilla-a las tres modas cost only nine.

Fernando K

Hey Fernando K,

Looking at page 184, even Dr. Lavin could not follow the “greatly revised nomenclature” that replaced that of Espinar. He says “..the traditional miquelet (patilla) now called, for some obscure reason, a las tres modas”.

Way too OBSCURE for me.


Miqueleter thoughtfully provided me two modern illustrations from Spanish Army Of The Napoleonic Wars Volume 2 1808-1812. One image shows a belt pistol worn on a waist belt, and the other shows two belt pistols hooked to the front of a sash.

Dr. Lavin used this image which shows a baldric (Xarpa) with belt pistols.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...de_tabacos.jpg

*** Are there any other contemporary illustrations out there? ***

Miqueleter also sent me some additional information on Model 1791 locks and pistols. It comes from the book Spanish Military Weapons in Colonial America 1700–1821. One of the authors is Herman Benninghoff. He also wrote a great article for the American Society of Arms Collectors titled Some Spanish Weapons in the American Revolution. http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=11084