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A Cased Pair Of 28-Bore Percussion Duelling PistolsBy Robert Wogdon, London, Circa 1780
17 May 2017, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £2,250 inc. premium
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By Robert Wogdon, London, Circa 1780
By Robert Wogdon, London, Circa 1780
Converted from flintlock, with swamped octagonal barrels each with silver fore-sight, engraved 'London' along the top flat and retaining old browning along the bottom flats (surface rust), breeches each with platinum plug, foliate engraved tangs each with back-sight, flat detented locks each signed in script and with safety-catch at the stepped tail, foliate engraved dolphin hammers, figured full stocks (some old bruising, one fore-end split and chipped along the upper edge on one side) with swelling flat-sided butts, steel mounts comprising border engraved butt-caps decorated with foliage, trigger-guards each with acorn finial and engraved with a flower-head on the bow, ramrod-pipes, set triggers, and original wooden ramrod (the other replaced) with steel powder-measure and worm (steel parts pitted, more so on one pistol than on the other): in later re-lined and re-fitted mahogany case (lock and keyhole escutcheon missing) with some accessories including brass-mounted three-way flask (in poor condition), combined mallet and ramrod, turnscrew, steel bullet mould and other items, the exterior of the lid with flush-fitting brass carrying handle centred on a vacant circular brass escutcheon, London proof marks and Wogdon's barrelsmith's mark
23.5 cm. barrels
23.5 cm. barrels
Footnotes
Robert Wogdon was apprenticed to Edward Newton of Grantham, Lincolnshire, in 1748. He is recorded as 'Gunmaker, at Mr. Maw's, haberdasher, Cockspur St., Charing Cross' in 1764. He carried on his business in Haymarket from 1774 until his retirement in 1802. From 1795 he was in partnership with John Barton who carried on the business following Wogdon's retirement








