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A 40-Bore Flintlock Pocket Pistol
By Lewis (Louis) Barbar, Early 18th Century

Antique Arms and Armour and Modern Sporting Guns
27 July 2006, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A 40-Bore Flintlock Pocket Pistol
By Lewis (Louis) Barbar, Early 18th Century

With turn-off cannon barrel engraved with a line of beadwork at the breech, the latter engraved with a double spray of foliage, three graduated spheres between, foliate engraved tang secured by a screw and extending over the breech, border engraved action signed beneath the steel-spring, thumbpiece safety-catch, moulded figured globose butt with raised 'side-plate' and carved apron around the barrel tang, and engraved trigger-guard with rudimentary trefoil-shaped finial, (some wear and minor rust patination overall), London proof marks and maker's mark
4.5 cm. barrel

Footnotes

Louis 1 Barbar (d. 1741), a French Protestant, born in Essendun, Poitou, came to London circa 1688 to avoid persecution, and was naturalised in 1700. In 1704 he was made free of the Gunmakers' Company, and his proof piece ('a very fine piece') was passed. He was appointed Gentleman Armourer to King George I in 1717, and to George II in 1727

Today the largest group of firearms by Lewis Barbar is preserved in the armoury of the Duke of Buccleuch at Boughton House. They were made to the order of John, 2nd Duke of Montagu (1709-79) who was Master General of Ordnance from 1740 to 1749. The accounts at Boughton record payments to Barbar which include '£150 for 200 Muskets', and a letter of 7 June 1718 to the 2nd Duke of Montagu from his vicar mentions that Barbar was responsible for the display of the firearms in the house at that date

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