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A Rare Pair Of Small 120-Bore Tutenag Flintlock Box-Lock Pocket PistolsBy Hugh Verncomb, Bristol, Circa 1780
28 July 2010, 14:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £2,880 inc. premium
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By Hugh Verncomb, Bristol, Circa 1780
By Hugh Verncomb, Bristol, Circa 1780
With two-stage turn-off cannon barrels each engraved with a line of foliage at the breech, a flowerhead on each side beneath the pan, border engraved actions each signed within a scroll against rococo ornament and foliage on both sides, ring-neck cocks (comb of one and both top jaws and screws missing, one steel incomplete), trigger-guards (one with old repair) each engraved with a flower-head on the bow, rounded figured butts inlaid with silver wire scrollwork involving a rocaille on each side, and silver border engraved grotesque mask butt-caps, private Birmingham proof marks (2)
3.5 cm. barrels
3.5 cm. barrels








