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Lot 342
A Cased Pair Of Flintlock Duelling Or Officer's Pistols Of Carbine BoreBy J.G. Lacy, London, Circa 1814
17 May 2017, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £9,375 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA Cased Pair Of Flintlock Duelling Or Officer's Pistols Of Carbine Bore
By J.G. Lacy, London, Circa 1814
By J.G. Lacy, London, Circa 1814
With octagonal sighted barrels with mottled browned finish, case-hardened breeches signed on the top flat and each with platinum line, border engraved case-hardened tangs each decorated with foliage and with back-sight, signed border engraved case-hardened detented locks each decorated with a starburst behind the rainproof pan and with foliage on the tail and on the pierced cock, the latter each retained at half-cock by an engraved safety-catch, rollers on blued steel-springs, and the internal parts retaining their burnished finish, figured full stocks with chequered rounded butts, blued spur trigger-guards and turned ramrod-pipes (forward ones with loss of finish), the former each with pineapple finial and decorated with a Britannia shield and foliage on the border engraved bow, original horn-tipped ramrods, one with iron worm, and retaining much of their original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories comprising brass-mounted three-way powder-flask, turnscrew, bullet mould, spring clamp and ramrod, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label (some damage) with Opposite the North Gate, Royal Exchange address, the exterior of the lid with flush-fitting brass carrying handle, London proof marks
21.3 cm. barrels
21.3 cm. barrels
Footnotes
John George Lacy was apprenticed to Jackson Mortimer in 1799. He was Sword Cutler & Gunmaker to the Prince Regent (successor to Bennett & Lacy) at 67 Threadneedle Street opposite to North Gate Royal Exchange, London, between 1810 and 1814. He was elected Master of the Gunmakers' Company in 1829, and was gunmaker to the East India Company between 1834 and 1852








