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A 22-Bore Flintlock Holster PistolBy W. Upton Of Oxford, Late 17th Century
27 July 2006, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £3,360 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA 22-Bore Flintlock Holster Pistol
By W. Upton Of Oxford, Late 17th Century
By W. Upton Of Oxford, Late 17th Century
With three-stage barrel (polished bright) with octagonal breech becoming polygonal, tang retaining faint traces of original engraving, signed border engraved rounded lock (cock later, steel replaced) decorated with strawberry foliage issuing from a male profile head, moulded figured beechwood full stock, iron mounts comprising engraved serpentine side-plate pierced and chiselled with foliage, shaped escutcheon engraved with a helmeted male profile head against a stippled ground, border engraved spurred pommel decorated with strawberry foliage terminating in a monster's head on each side, moulded trigger-guard, turned ramrod-pipes, and later ramrod with iron tip (iron parts with some rust patination)
30.1 cm. barrel
30.1 cm. barrel
Footnotes
William Upton was granted the freedom of Oxford in 1647 and became a constable in 1681




