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belt pistol / Highland, c. 1750-1770

Highland Scottish belt pistol. Made by Alexander Cameron c. 1730. All metal construction. The gunsmith, Alexander Campbell (died 1790), was initially apprenticed to Flemish / Scottish gunsmith Thomas Caddell at Doune, Perthshire, Scotland. Similar examples of Campbell's work in the Metropolitan...

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