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A Pair Of 32-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Pistols
By Griffin, Bond Street, London, Circa 1765, Silvermith's Mark JA

29 November 2018, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Pair Of 32-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Pistols
By Griffin, Bond Street, London, Circa 1765, Silvermith's Mark JA

With turn-off cannon barrels, breeches engraved with foliage on both sides (one side pitted), border engraved actions each signed on a foliate scroll on one side, and engraved 'Bond Street, London' on a foliate scroll on the other, sliding trigger-guard safety-catches engraved with a flower-head on the bow (one worn, edges chipped), figured swelling flat-sided butts, cast and chased silver trophy of arms escutcheons each engraved with owner's initials 'RW', and silver grotesque mask butt-caps, London proof marks and Foreigner's mark (2)
10.2 cm. barrels

Footnotes

Benjamin Griffin, father of Joseph, was apprenticed to Samuel Harrison in 1719. He was allowed to prove guns by the Gunmakers' Company between 1724 and 1731, and despite being told to give up work by the Gunmakers' Company he continued trading in Bond Street between 1735 and 1770, the year of his death

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