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An 18-Bore Flintlock Holster PistolBy Parkes Of Birmingham, Circa 1780
24 June – 8 July 2025, 12:00 BST
Online, London, Knightsbridge£500 - £700
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An 18-Bore Flintlock Holster Pistol
By Parkes Of Birmingham, Circa 1780
By Parkes Of Birmingham, Circa 1780
With three-stage barrel engraved 'London' at the breech, foliate engraved tang, border engraved rounded lock decorated with a crescent moon and stars on the tail, cock en suite, figured full stock (fore-end repaired) with rounded butt and inlaid with silver wire around the barrel tang, brass mounts comprising trophy of arms side-plate, vacant escutcheon, spurred pommel decorated en suite with the lock, trigger-guard engraved with stars on the bow (loose), turned ramrod-pipes, and horn-tipped wooden ramrod, Birmingham private proof marks
25.2 cm. barrel
25.2 cm. barrel
Footnotes
The maker is probably John Parkes who is recorded in Birmingham between 1766 and 1788




