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Lot 376*
A 32-Bore Flintlock Travelling PistolBy Towlson, Marlboro' & Newbury, Circa 1820
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Including property from the Mark and Peter Dineley Collections
27 November 2019, 10:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £408 inc. premium
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By Towlson, Marlboro' & Newbury, Circa 1820
By Towlson, Marlboro' & Newbury, Circa 1820
With twist octagonal barrel (fore-sight reduced) engraved 'Marlboro' & Newbury' along the top and retaining some original browning beneath, engraved tang, signed border engraved flat bevelled lock decorated with foliage, safety-catch and roller, figured half-stock with chequered rounded butt, trigger-guard with foliate engraved bow, vacant white-metal escutcheon, and stirrup ramrod (light surface rust), Birmingham proof marks
11 cm. barrel
11 cm. barrel
Footnotes
The maker is probably Joseph Towlson recorded in Marlborough, Wiltshire between 1810 and 1830, and in Newbury, Berkshire in around 1829








