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Lot 513Y
A Cased 28-Bore Flintlock Saw-Handled Duelling PistolBy William Smith, Princes Street, London, No. 2784 For 1820
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Including property from the Mark and Peter Dineley Collections
27 November 2019, 10:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £4,812.50 inc. premium
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By William Smith, Princes Street, London, No. 2784 For 1820
By William Smith, Princes Street, London, No. 2784 For 1820
With re-browned damascus twist octagonal sighted barrel signed along the top flat, recessed patent breech with four platinum lines and platinum-lined touch-hole, foliate engraved case-hardened tang, signed border engraved case-hardened detented flat lock decorated with foliage inhabited by a foliate monster and engraved 'Patent 2383' below the swept rainproof pan, blued safety-catch and roller, cock engraved en suite with the lock, and patent steel engraved 'Patent Self Primer 2383', figured half-stock (small bruise on the upper edge of the side flat) with characteristic spur and chequered rounded grip, the latter with flat ovoidal pommel set with a vacant silver escutcheon, blued trigger-guard decorated with symmetrical foliage on the border engraved bow, case-hardened trigger-plate with foliate engraved finial, silver barrel-bolt escutcheons and fore-end cap, original horn-tipped ramrod, and much original finish: in original fitted mahogany case lined in blue velvet for a pair of pistols and accessories, the latter including brass-mounted three-way powder-flask in fine condition retaining virtually all its lacquered finish, the exterior of the lid with circular vacant brass escutcheon (flush-fitting carrying handle missing), London proof marks
23.5 cm. barrel
23.5 cm. barrel
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