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Lot 368*
A 16-Bore Flintlock Carriage PistolBy John Prosser, Charing Cross, London, No. 75, Dated 1803
29 April 2010, 11:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £2,160 inc. premium
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By John Prosser, Charing Cross, London, No. 75, Dated 1803
By John Prosser, Charing Cross, London, No. 75, Dated 1803
With octagonal sighted barrel retaining some original browning beneath and engraved 'Charing Cross, London' along the top flat, silver fore-sight and gold line at the breech, gold-lined touch-hole, border engraved tang decorated with a Britannia shield and foliage and incorporating a back-sight, signed border engraved flat bevelled lock decorated with a starburst behind the semi-rainproof pan and with foliage on the stepped tail, engraved cock (repaired), safety-catch and roller, figured full stock with chequered 'Catalan'-style butt (minor chip on one side), border engraved steel mounts comprising shaped heel-plate engraved 'Prosser 1803', trigger-guard with pineapple finial and engraved with a Britannia shield and foliage on the bow, vacant shield-shaped silver escutcheon, and original horn-tipped ramrod (barrel and mounts with some pitting in places), Tower private proof marks
12.5 cm. barrel
12.5 cm. barrel
Footnotes
John Prosser was appointed Sword Cutler & Beltmaker to George III in 1795 and to George IV in 1827. He was at 9 Charing Cross between 1796-1853
For a cased pair of similar pistols by the same maker, formerly in the W. Keith Neal Collection and sold in these Rooms see Antique Arms and Armour Including the Henk L. Visser Library, Part II, 12 April 2009, lot 341








