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Lot 507Y

A Cased Pair Of 12-Bore Percussion Officer's Pistols
By Jos.h Kemp, 31 Duke St., Gros.nr Sqre., London Nos. 5003 And 5004, Circa 1846-9

29 November 2018, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Cased Pair Of 12-Bore Percussion Officer's Pistols
By Jos.h Kemp, 31 Duke St., Gros.nr Sqre., London Nos. 5003 And 5004, Circa 1846-9

With re-browned twist sighted barrels (some light pitting) each signed in full along the top flat, foliate scroll engraved recessed patent breeches each with platinum plug, foliate scroll engraved tangs, rounded hammers (spurs repaired) and signed border engraved flat locks, the last each with engraved safety-catch (one replaced), figured full stocks each with chequered rounded butt and dark horn fore-end cap, steel mounts comprising blued trigger-guards each decorated with foliate scrollwork on the border engraved bow, trigger-plates each with foliate engraved pineapple-shaped finial, border engraved ovoidal butt-caps each with foliate scroll engraved hinged circular butt-trap cover, vacant silver escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, and stirrup ramrods, each tip engraved as a flower-head: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories including brass-mounted three-way flask, steel bullet mould and loading rod, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label, the exterior with shaped brass escutcheon incorporating a flush-fitting carrying handle, London proof marks
20 cm. barrels

Footnotes

Joseph Kemp is recorded at 31 Duke Street, Grosvenor Square, London, between 1846 and 1849

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