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Lot 334

A Pair Of 18-Bore Percussion Officer's Pistols
By J. Harding & Son, Boro, London, Circa 1855-40

27 July 2006, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Pair Of 18-Bore Percussion Officer's Pistols
By J. Harding & Son, Boro, London, Circa 1855-40

Converted from flintlock, with barrels signed in full along the top at the breech, foliate engraved tangs and signed flat border engraved bevelled locks (nipples missing, hammers damaged, one spur missing), the latter each with engraved safety-catch, figured full stocks with rounded butts, engraved brass mounts comprising shaped side-plates, trigger-guards each with a flowerhead on the bow, turned ramrod-pipes, and horn-tipped ramrods, probably original, the locks and barrels each with crowned broad arrow mark, London proof marks (2)
22.9 cm. barrels

Footnotes

James Harding is recorded as a 'Gunmaker to General Post Office' and to the Union Street Police Office, Southwark from 1816

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