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Auction archive: Lot number 439

A Cased Pair Of 16-Bore Flintlock Officer's Pistols By Edward & William Bond, 15 Cornhill, London, Circa 1835

Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£3,346
ca. US$6,028
Auction archive: Lot number 439

A Cased Pair Of 16-Bore Flintlock Officer's Pistols By Edward & William Bond, 15 Cornhill, London, Circa 1835

Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£3,346
ca. US$6,028
Beschreibung:

With browned twist sighted barrels each stamped with later Indian arsenal mark on the left side of the breech and signed in full along the top flat at the breech, case-hardened foliate scroll engraved recessed breeches each with platinum-lined touch-hole, foliate scroll engraved tangs, signed case-hardened border engraved flat bevelled locks engraved with foliage on the rounded tail, engraved safety-catches, pierced cocks and rollers, figured full stocks, chequered rounded butts, steel mounts comprising engraved rounded butt-caps, blued trigger-guards each with pineapple finial and engraved with a martial trophy on the bow, vacant silver escutcheons, horn fore-end caps, stirrup ramrods, and some original finish: in contemporary lined and fitted brass-mounted mahogany case (trade label missing) with some accessories including mainspring-clamp, the exterior of the lid with flush-fitting brass carrying handle and circular brass escutcheon, London proof marks 23.2 cm. barrels

Auction archive: Lot number 439
Auction:
Datum:
1 Apr 2004
Auction house:
Bonhams London
London, Knightsbridge Montpelier Street Knightsbridge London SW7 1HH Tel: +44 20 7393 3900 Fax : +44 20 7393 3905 info@bonhams.com
Beschreibung:

With browned twist sighted barrels each stamped with later Indian arsenal mark on the left side of the breech and signed in full along the top flat at the breech, case-hardened foliate scroll engraved recessed breeches each with platinum-lined touch-hole, foliate scroll engraved tangs, signed case-hardened border engraved flat bevelled locks engraved with foliage on the rounded tail, engraved safety-catches, pierced cocks and rollers, figured full stocks, chequered rounded butts, steel mounts comprising engraved rounded butt-caps, blued trigger-guards each with pineapple finial and engraved with a martial trophy on the bow, vacant silver escutcheons, horn fore-end caps, stirrup ramrods, and some original finish: in contemporary lined and fitted brass-mounted mahogany case (trade label missing) with some accessories including mainspring-clamp, the exterior of the lid with flush-fitting brass carrying handle and circular brass escutcheon, London proof marks 23.2 cm. barrels

Auction archive: Lot number 439
Auction:
Datum:
1 Apr 2004
Auction house:
Bonhams London
London, Knightsbridge Montpelier Street Knightsbridge London SW7 1HH Tel: +44 20 7393 3900 Fax : +44 20 7393 3905 info@bonhams.com
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