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Lot 350

A Cased Pair Of 40-Bore Flintlock Duelling Pistols
By John Manton, London, No. 5511 For 1810

27 November 2013, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £25,000 inc. premium

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A Cased Pair Of 40-Bore Flintlock Duelling Pistols
By John Manton, London, No. 5511 For 1810

With rebrowned twist octagonal sighted polygroove rifled barrels each with silver fore-sight and signed in full along the top flat at the breech, recessed patent breeches each with back-sight, gold line and platinum-lined touch-hole, border engraved tangs each decorated with a trophy and foliage, signed border engraved detented locks (some internal pitting and rust patination) each decorated with foliage behind the blued safety-catch, and with engraved 'French' cock (one repaired), rainproof pan and blued steel-spring with roller, darkened maple half-stocks with chequered rounded butts, border engraved blued steel trigger-guards (tangs with some loss of finish) each with serial number in an oval centred on a martial trophy and foliage on the bow, trigger-plates each with engraved pineapple finial, vacant silver escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, dark horn fore-end caps (one replaced), original brass-tipped ramrods, and some original blueing (steel parts with some scattered pitting in places): in original lined and fitted case with accessories including reproduction three-way powder-flask covered in red leather, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label for circa 1798-1815, the exterior with circular flush-fitting brass carrying handle centred on a vacant circular escutcheon
23.8 cm. barrels

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Previously unrecorded

Cf. a similar pair of pistols by the same maker (no. 4456) sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms and Armour, 23 April 2008, lot 467

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