^Lot 1717 French flintlock pistol, ca. 1760, with maker name Laborde / Paris on side plate.

French flintlock pistol, ca. 1760, with maker name Laborde / Paris on side plate. 734 grams; 14" long, 8" barrel. With the inscription on the lock, "Laborde / Paris," this was the type of pistol that would have been worn by a French officer during the American Revolutionary War given that the Laborde family started making guns from at least the 1730s, the younger Laborde from 1745-1760, when the Seven Years' War between the French and the British (and their respective allies) was ongoing, extending to North America as the French & Indian War. This conflict was a contributing factor to France’s willingness to supply arms and eventually soldiers to the rebel cause against Britain during the American Revolutionary War. Beautiful condition with a lovely smooth medium-brown stock, lightly engraved brass mounts, original ramrod (now frozen), functioning lock. Pedigreed to the Mike Carulli Collection.