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A Pair Of 28-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Pistols By Bunney, London, Birmingham Silver Hallmarks For 1779, Maker's Mark Of Charles Freeth
23 September 2020, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,147.50 inc. premium
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A Pair Of 28-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Pistols
By Bunney, London, Birmingham Silver Hallmarks For 1779, Maker's Mark Of Charles Freeth
By Bunney, London, Birmingham Silver Hallmarks For 1779, Maker's Mark Of Charles Freeth
With turn-off cannon barrels, border engraved actions (one cock and one top jaw screw replaced) each signed on a foliate rococo scroll over each side, sliding trigger-guard safety-catches each engraved with a flower-head on the bow, figured rounded butts (one broken through and repaired) each swelling at the pommel and inlaid with silver wire scrollwork and rocailles (replaced at the repair), vacant silver escutcheons, and grotesque mask butt-caps (some wear and light pitting overall), Tower private proof marks (2)
14 cm. barrels
14 cm. barrels
Footnotes
Joseph Bunney is recorded in Birmingham between 1765 and 1814. He is known to have marked his firearms 'London'








