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A 20-Bore Flintlock Silver-Mounted Turn-Off PistolBy W. Turvey, London, Mid-18th Century, Indistinct Silver Maker's Mark
24 June – 8 July 2025, 12:00 BST
Online, London, KnightsbridgeSold for £704 inc. premium
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A 20-Bore Flintlock Silver-Mounted Turn-Off Pistol
By W. Turvey, London, Mid-18th Century, Indistinct Silver Maker's Mark
By W. Turvey, London, Mid-18th Century, Indistinct Silver Maker's Mark
With three-stage cannon barrel, the breech re-engraved 'W. Turvey' along the top, and 'LONDON' beneath the steel-spring, waisted border engraved tang decorated with foliage, border engraved action, cock (minor chip) and steel, plain trigger-guard, moulded figured rounded swelling butt carved with a scallop shell behind the tang, cast and chased mounts comprising pierced trophy of arms side-plate, vacant foliate escutcheon surmounted by a shell, and grotesque-mask butt-cap with a further mask on the tang (some wear and old pitting), London proof marks and Turvey's barrelsmith's mark; together with a box-lock turn-off pistol in poor condition (top of cock, steel and butt replaced)(2)
The first 14.4 cm. barrel
The first 14.4 cm. barrel
Footnotes
William 1 Turvey was elected Master of the Gunmakers' Company in 1733. His business was carried on by his widow, Sara, following his death in 1744




