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Lot 373*
An Unusual Pair Of 54-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Pocket PistolsBy W. Hole, Bristol, Circa 1815
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Including property from the Mark and Peter Dineley Collections
27 November 2019, 10:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,785 inc. premium
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By W. Hole, Bristol, Circa 1815
By W. Hole, Bristol, Circa 1815
With turn-off cannon barrels (minor rust patination), rounded brass breeches and border engraved actions, the former signed in gothic script over each side beneath the rectangular pans, the latter decorated with martial trophies over each side, engraved thumbpiece safety-catches also locking the steels, folding triggers, figured rounded butts inlaid with silver wire scrollwork and engraved silver flower-heads and leaves, and vacant silver escutcheons, Birmingham proof marks (2)
7.5 cm. barrels
7.5 cm. barrels
Footnotes
These pistols are unusual for being archaic in design
William Hole, maker of the first double-barrelled flintlock gun acquired by the famous W. Keith Neal, is recorded in Bristol between 1811 and 1844







