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Auction archive: Lot number 110*

A Fine Cased Pair Of 38-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Pocket Pistols By John Manton, London, Circa 1790

Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£8,400
ca. US$14,573
Auction archive: Lot number 110*

A Fine Cased Pair Of 38-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Pocket Pistols By John Manton, London, Circa 1790

Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£8,400
ca. US$14,573
Beschreibung:

With turn-off barrels each with an engraved band of chevron ornament at the rear, one barrel numbered '1', border engraved actions signed on oval panels set within finely engraved martial trophies, engraved blued thumbpiece safety-catches also locking the steels, blued top jaws, screws, steel-springs and rollers, finely figured walnut butts with bevelled edges, blued folding triggers framed by engraved garlands, silver escutcheons engraved with owner's crest, a bearded man's head on a wreath, and nearly all their original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories including three-way flask stained in imitation of tortoiseshell, London proof marks 5 3/4 in. (14.6cm.)

Auction archive: Lot number 110*
Auction:
Datum:
10 Nov 2005
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 turn-off barrels each with an engraved band of chevron ornament at the rear, one barrel numbered '1', border engraved actions signed on oval panels set within finely engraved martial trophies, engraved blued thumbpiece safety-catches also locking the steels, blued top jaws, screws, steel-springs and rollers, finely figured walnut butts with bevelled edges, blued folding triggers framed by engraved garlands, silver escutcheons engraved with owner's crest, a bearded man's head on a wreath, and nearly all their original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories including three-way flask stained in imitation of tortoiseshell, London proof marks 5 3/4 in. (14.6cm.)

Auction archive: Lot number 110*
Auction:
Datum:
10 Nov 2005
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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