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Lot 393
A Fine Cased Pair Of Flintlock Pistols Of Carbine BoreBy Wattell Clark, Holborn, London, Circa 1795
6 April 2006, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £6,240 inc. premium
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By Wattell Clark, Holborn, London, Circa 1795
By Wattell Clark, Holborn, London, Circa 1795
With browned twist sighted barrels signed along the sighting flat and each with silver fore-sight and blued steel standing back-sight, patent breeches each engraved with a line of foliage and with gold-lined touch-hole, case-hardened tangs each finely engraved with a martial trophy and foliage, signed case-hardened border engraved locks each with 'French' cock (top of one detached, the other with minor fracture), semi-rainproof pan, blued steel-spring with roller, the internal working parts retaining nearly all their blued and burnished finish, figured full stocks, shaped rounded butts cut with broad and narrow chequering, a cross in the centre of each diamond, blued steel trigger-guards each with pineapple finial and engraved with a martial trophy and foliage on the bow, blued turned ramrod-pipes, silver escutcheons engraved with owner's mirror monogram, original horn-tipped ramrods, and in fine condition retaining nearly all their original finish (some minor surface rust): in their original lined and fitted mahogany case (some compartments loose, one compartment lid missing) with accessories including clearing rod and turnscrew, the interior of the lid with maker's illustrated trade label (minor damage), the exterior with border engraved flush-fitting brass carrying handle and circular escutcheon engraved 'Reverend John Smith Vicar Of Saint Nicholas Newcastle Upon Tyne.', London proof marks
20.3 cm. barrels
20.3 cm. barrels
Footnotes
The Reverend John Smith was vicar of Saint Nicholas Parish Church, Newcastle Upon Tyne, between 1804-1826. The church is now called the Cathedral Church of St. Nicholas








