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Lot 186*

A fine pair of continental 50-bore flintlock pistols with ormolu mounts
Mid-18th century, possibly Italian

11 May 2016, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £750 inc. premium

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A fine pair of continental 50-bore flintlock pistols with ormolu mounts
Mid-18th century, possibly Italian

With two-stage sighted barrels each turned at the girdle and with octagonal breech, plain tangs (locks missing, side-nails retained), moulded figured full stocks each carved in low relief with foliage behind the barrel tang, mounts cast and chased with rocailles against punched grounds and comprising side-nail plates, pommels each with short spurs and rounded cap, trigger-guards each with swept tang, baluster ramrod-pipes, original brass-capped ramrods, and in fine condition retaining virtually all their original gilding (2)
26.4 cm. and 27 cm. barrels

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