Thuraine & Le Hollandois pistols

NeilUK · 7th February 2017, 12:24 PM

Salaams Ibrahiim, many thanks for your digging which I really appreciate. The pair which you post with photos and description is, in fact, the pair sold in Shrewsbury in 2009. But I did not have the detailed description which you found. The references were useful, too. I know about Jacquinet's pattern book which is based on designs by Thuraine & Le Hollandois, and have photos of several pages from it. These pistols are magnificent examples of Baroque decoration, as you can see from the damaged pair in your post. Thanks again for your trouble.
Neil

Ibrahiim al Balooshi · 7th February 2017, 02:29 PM

Salaams NeilUK~ They would look great with my Dick Turpin outfit !! A pleasure to be of any help..

Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.

Jim McDougall · 7th February 2017, 06:25 PM

Neil, this is truly flintlock esoterica!! and thank you so much for posting this query. It is great to see info on such historically important pieces.
Ibrahiim thank you for the great input........Dick Turpin!!??

OK, gotta see that one.

corrado26 · 8th February 2017, 07:27 AM

I found in my library the following foto and description, hope you like it. It is from "Wallace B. Gusler/James D. Lavin, Illustrated Firearms 1540-1870, from the collection of Clay P. Bedford, Williamsburg Foundation 1977"
corrado26

NeilUK · 8th February 2017, 11:59 AM

Jim, thanks for your kind comments.
Corrado, Thanks for that reference, though in fact I have that book myself, but it was good to be reminded! Thuraine, either alone or with his son, made a number of firearms which survive today, many in Denmark, but what is very rare is ones made by both masters in partnership. On the pairs which I know of each master signed one of the pistols, as with the pair posted by Ibrahiim and the Hanover pair, an unusual feature.
Regards to all.
Neil

8th February 2017, 07:27 AM	#4
corrado26 Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Black Forest, Germany Posts: 1,226	I found in my library the following foto and description, hope you like it. It is from "Wallace B. Gusler/James D. Lavin, Illustrated Firearms 1540-1870, from the collection of Clay P. Bedford, Williamsburg Foundation 1977" corrado26 Attached Images

7th February 2017, 12:24 PM	#1
NeilUK Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Scotland Posts: 126	Salaams Ibrahiim, many thanks for your digging which I really appreciate. The pair which you post with photos and description is, in fact, the pair sold in Shrewsbury in 2009. But I did not have the detailed description which you found. The references were useful, too. I know about Jacquinet's pattern book which is based on designs by Thuraine & Le Hollandois, and have photos of several pages from it. These pistols are magnificent examples of Baroque decoration, as you can see from the damaged pair in your post. Thanks again for your trouble. Neil

7th February 2017, 02:29 PM	#2
Ibrahiim al Balooshi Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Buraimi Oman, on the border with the UAE Posts: 4,408	Salaams NeilUK~ They would look great with my Dick Turpin outfit !! A pleasure to be of any help.. Regards, Ibrahiim al Balooshi.

7th February 2017, 06:25 PM	#3
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,192	Neil, this is truly flintlock esoterica!! and thank you so much for posting this query. It is great to see info on such historically important pieces. Ibrahiim thank you for the great input........Dick Turpin!!?? OK, gotta see that one.

8th February 2017, 11:59 AM	#5
NeilUK Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Scotland Posts: 126	Jim, thanks for your kind comments. Corrado, Thanks for that reference, though in fact I have that book myself, but it was good to be reminded! Thuraine, either alone or with his son, made a number of firearms which survive today, many in Denmark, but what is very rare is ones made by both masters in partnership. On the pairs which I know of each master signed one of the pistols, as with the pair posted by Ibrahiim and the Hanover pair, an unusual feature. Regards to all. Neil