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A Cased Pair Of Scottish 50-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols By Alex.r Martin, Glasgow, Mid-19th Century
The medals and associate ephemera and uniforms of Arthur Watts, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons
A Pair Of Highland All-Metal Percussion Belt Pistols Signed Paton & Walsh Perth, Mid 19th century
A Silver-Mounted Left-Hand Dagger, probably German, Italian or English Late 16th Century Or Later
FOUR REPRODUCTION CARVED POWDER HORNS/FLASKS.late 20th century.
THREE CARVED COCONUT ITEMS.18th/19th century.
A COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE AND REPRODUCTION POWDER FLASKS AND RELATED SPORTING ITEMS.
THREE VICTORIAN ARMS AND ARMOUR DECORATIVE ITEMS.
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A Pair Of Scottish 32-Bore All-Metal Flintlock Belt Pistols
By John Murdoch Of Doune, Late 18th Century

Antique Arms & Armour
22 April 2009, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Pair Of Scottish 32-Bore All-Metal Flintlock Belt Pistols
By John Murdoch Of Doune, Late 18th Century

With foliate scroll engraved four-stage barrels, faceted at the flared muzzles and fluted at the breeches, the former alternately decorated with border engraving and foliage, signed border engraved flat bevelled locks each decorated with scrolling foliage on the tail and bevelled cock (jaw screws old replacements), blued steel-springs, stocks engraved with characteristic foliate decoration and with line ornament enclosing further scrolling foliage between feathered designs and wrigglework divided by three inlaid engraved silver bands below the locks, lobe butts en suite and with border engraved vacant silver escutcheons, the pommels each inlaid with four engraved silver triangles centred on a silver roundel, silver button triggers each engraved with a floret, engraved belt hooks, later steel ramrods, and in fine condition (2)
17.7 cm. barrels

Footnotes

For a similar pair of pistols formerly in the Shaw Collection see Christie's & Edminston's, Edinburgh, The Shaw Collection of Important Scottish Silver and Pistols, 29 March 1983, lot 6

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A Cased Pair Of Scottish 50-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols By Alex.r Martin, Glasgow, Mid-19th Century
The medals and associate ephemera and uniforms of Arthur Watts, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons
A Pair Of Highland All-Metal Percussion Belt Pistols Signed Paton & Walsh Perth, Mid 19th century
A Silver-Mounted Left-Hand Dagger, probably German, Italian or English Late 16th Century Or Later
FOUR REPRODUCTION CARVED POWDER HORNS/FLASKS.late 20th century.
THREE CARVED COCONUT ITEMS.18th/19th century.
A COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE AND REPRODUCTION POWDER FLASKS AND RELATED SPORTING ITEMS.
THREE VICTORIAN ARMS AND ARMOUR DECORATIVE ITEMS.