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A Fine Small Tutenag Flintlock Box-Lock Pocket Pistol Of Small Bore
Signed T. Archer, London, Circa 1780

25 July 2007, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Fine Small Tutenag Flintlock Box-Lock Pocket Pistol Of Small Bore
Signed T. Archer, London, Circa 1780

With two-stage turn-off cannon barrel, border engraved action signed within a scroll against rococo ornament and foliage on each side, sliding thumbpiece safety-catch engraved with a flowerhead on the bow, and figured flat-sided butt inlaid with fine silver wire scrollwork, Tower private proof marks
3.5 m. barrel

Footnotes

Provenance:
Christie's South Kensington, Antique Arms And Armour, 21 October 1987, lot 210

Thomas Archer of Birmingham marked his firearms 'London' and is recorded working between 1776-1807. For a somewhat similar pistol signed Perry see Christie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 9 November 2000, lot 195

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