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Lot 377*
A Cased Pair Of Flintlock Duelling PistolsBy Parker, Bury, Early 19th Century
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29 April 2010, 11:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £5,400 inc. premium
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By Parker, Bury, Early 19th Century
By Parker, Bury, Early 19th Century
With rebrowned twist octagonal sighted barrels each with oval gold-lined maker's stamp and engraved 'Bury' along the top flat at the breech, and indistinctly stamped 'Narrow Twisted' beneath, gold-lined touch-holes, engraved tangs each incorporating a back-sight, signed flat bevelled locks each engraved with a starburst behind the rainproof pan and on the stepped tail, rollers, figured half-stocks (minor bruising and small repair on one fore-end) with chequered rounded butts, mounts comprising trigger-guards each with pineapple finial, engraved with a martial trophy on the bow and retaining some original blueing, earlier silver grotesque mask butt-caps and fore-end caps, vacant shield-shaped silver escutcheons, and horn-tipped ramrods, one probably original: in associated lined and fitted oak case (minor damage), the exterior of the lid with flush-fitting brass carrying handle, London proof marks, Birmingham silver hallmarks for 1802, maker's mark of Charles Freeth
23.7 cm. barrels
23.7 cm. barrels
Footnotes
The maker is probably Benjamin Parker recorded in Bury St. Edmunds between 1783-1855
Saleroom notices
These pistols are 16-bore








