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A Pair of 22-Bore Flintlock Silver-Mounted Turn-Off Pistols By Richard 1 Wilson, London, Circa 1760
29 November 2018, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge£3,000 - £4,000
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By Richard 1 Wilson, London, Circa 1760
By Richard 1 Wilson, London, Circa 1760
With three-stage cannon barrels, rounded tapering breeches each engraved 'London' in script and decorated with a band of foliage in front of a ramp at the rear, and signed in script beneath each steel-spring, shaped border engraved tangs decorated with foliage, rounded cocks en suite (one expertly replaced, steels repaired), border engraved trigger-guards each with a floret on the bow, figured rounded butts (minor old repair) each carved with a shell behind the barrel tang, cast and chased mounts comprising trophies of arms side-plates, vacant foliate escutcheons, and grotesque mask butt-caps, London proof marks and Wilson's barrelsmith's mark (2)
13.6 cm. barrels
13.6 cm. barrels
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