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Lot 476

A Pair Of 54-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Pistols
By T. Richards Of Birmingham, Circa 1775

27 July 2006, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £900 inc. premium

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A Pair Of 54-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Pistols
By T. Richards Of Birmingham, Circa 1775

With bright turn-off cannon barrels, bright border engraved actions each decorated with rococo ornament and signed on the right side, sliding trigger-guard safety-catches each engraved on the bow, and swelling flat-sided figured butts each inlaid with silver wire scrollwork and rocailles, private Birmingham proof marks and maker's mark (2)
5.7 cm. barrels

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Thomas Richards of Birmingham is recorded between 1747-84

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