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A 60-Bore Flintlock Pocket PistolBy Clemmes, Shug Lane, Circa 1770
27 July 2006, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £576 inc. premium
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By Clemmes, Shug Lane, Circa 1770
By Clemmes, Shug Lane, Circa 1770
With turn-off cannon barrel, breech engraved with a line beadwork and signed in full on two scrolls against rococo ornament and a stand of flags, and engraved 'London' below the steel spring, foliate engraved tang, border engraved action (top of cock replaced), sliding trigger-guard safety-catch engraved with a flowerhead on the bow, and later rounded ivory butt (minor splits) carved with a shell behind the barrel tang, London proof marks
4.2 cm. barrel
4.2 cm. barrel
Footnotes
Theophilus Clemmes is recorded in Shug Lane (opposite Sherwood Street), Piccadilly between 1752-89








