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A Cased Pair Of Scottish 40-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols
By C. Playfair, Aberdeen, Mid-19th Century

Antique Arms and Armour

28 July 2010, 14:00 BST

London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £5,520 inc. premium

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A Cased Pair Of Scottish 40-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols
By C. Playfair, Aberdeen, Mid-19th Century

With rebrowned twist octagonal sighted barrels each with white-metal fore-sight and engraved 'Aberdeen' along the top flat, foliate scroll engraved breeches each with platinum line, border engraved tangs, signed flat locks and dolphin hammers en suite, engraved safety-catches, figured half-stocks (some bruising) numbered '52' opposite the locks and with chequered butts and flat ovoidal pommels, foliate scroll engraved steel mounts comprising butt-plates each with hinged circular butt-trap cover, and blued trigger-guards with pineapple finial, silver escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, the former each engraved with owner's crest and motto, horn fore-end caps, and brass-mounted ramrods: in original lined and fitted oak case (central compartment loose) with some accessories including three-way brass-mounted powder-flask, the exterior of the lid with flush-fitting folding brass carrying handle on a shaped brass plate, Birmingham proof marks
21.8 cm. barrels

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