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A Pair Of 60-Bore Flintlock Tutenag Box-Lock Pocket PistolsBy T. Archer, London, Circa 1780
23 September 2020, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £2,295 inc. premium
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A Pair Of 60-Bore Flintlock Tutenag Box-Lock Pocket Pistols
By T. Archer, London, Circa 1780
By T. Archer, London, Circa 1780
With turn-off cannon barrels, border engraved actions each signed on a scroll framed by rocailles and foliage over each side, ring-neck cocks, sliding trigger-guard safety-catches each engraved with a flower-head on the bow, and figured flat-sided butts each inlaid with silver wire scrollwork involving a flower-head on both sides, Tower private proof marks (2)
7 cm. barrels
7 cm. barrels
Footnotes
Thomas Archer of Birmingham marked his firearms 'London' and is recorded working between 1776 and 1807. For a related pistol sold in these Rooms see Antique Arms and Armour..., 28 July 2007, lot 457








