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A Fine Cased Pair Of 40-Bore Flintlock Duelling PistolsBy Joseph Manton, Davies Street, Berkley Square, London, No. 4313 For 1807
6 April 2006, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £18,000 inc. premium
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By Joseph Manton, Davies Street, Berkley Square, London, No. 4313 For 1807
By Joseph Manton, Davies Street, Berkley Square, London, No. 4313 For 1807
With scratch rifled heavy rebrowned twist octagonal barrels each with silver fore-sight, case-hardened patent recessed breeches each with platinum line, platinum-lined maker's stamp and touch-hole, case-hardened tangs each incorporating a back-sight and finely engraved with martial trophies and a starburst, signed border engraved detented locks each decorated en suite and with engraved safety-catch, roller bearing on a ramp, and rainproof pan, the steels each engraved 'Joseph Manton Patent' and numbered '2028' and '2029' respectively, finely figured walnut half-stocks some bruising) numbered in ink on the inside of each fore-end, rounded chequered butts, engraved blued steel mounts (some loss of finish) including butt-caps, serial numbered trigger-guards, and trigger-plates each with pineapple finial, vacant silver escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, horn fore-end caps, original horn-tipped ramrods, and much of their original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case (accessories missing, one compartment lid replaced), the interior of the lid with maker's trade label for circa 1805-1810 (minor damage), the exterior with brass flush-fitting carrying handle and circular escutcheon
23.8 cm. barrels
23.8 cm. barrels
Footnotes
Provenance:
Lord Suffield, Gunton Park, Norfolk
Literature:
D.H.L. Back, The Mantons 1782-1878, 1993, p. 92








