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Lot 473*
A 50-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Pocket PistolBy Benjamin Griffin, Bond Street, London, Circa 1760
25 July 2007, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £480 inc. premium
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By Benjamin Griffin, Bond Street, London, Circa 1760
By Benjamin Griffin, Bond Street, London, Circa 1760
With turn-off cannon barrel numbered '1' at the breech, border engraved action (top-jaw and screw replaced) signed within a foliate ribbon on one side and with the address on the other (engraving refreshed), sliding trigger-guard safety-catch engraved with a flowerhead on the bow, and figured flat-sided butt (pommel repaired), London proof marks
5.5 cm. barrel
5.5 cm. barrel
Footnotes
For a very similar example see Christie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 25 October 2001, lot 186








