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A Pair Of Continental 20-Bore Brass-Mounted Flintlock Holster PistolsEarly 18th Century, Possibly Liège
25 July 2012, 10:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,875 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA Pair Of Continental 20-Bore Brass-Mounted Flintlock Holster Pistols
Early 18th Century, Possibly Liège
Early 18th Century, Possibly Liège
With two-stage sighted barrels (light pitting overall) numbered respectively '-B32-' and '-B33-' at the breech, brass fore-sights, grooved tangs, flat bevelled locks (one mainspring replaced) each chiselled with foliage involving a monster's head against a punched ground, one lock with conjoined monogram 'LH' between the steel-spring, figured moulded full stocks (repairs, fore-ends mostly replaced) carved in low relief with foliage behind each rear ramrod-pipe and barrel tang, cast mounts comprising associated side-plates each pierced and chased with sportsmen and dogs amid foliage, crowned foliate escutcheons with grotesque mask below, spurred pommels with foliate borders and ovoidal butt-caps each with a profile bust of a warrior, trigger-guards chased with foliage against a punched ground, turned faceted ramrod-pipes, the rear ones en suite with the trigger-guards, and wooden ramrods (2)
33.5 cm. barrels
33.5 cm. barrels








