A RARE SILVER-MOUNTED D.B. FLINTLOCK TURN-OVER PISTOL with sighted barrels chiselled with foliage on each breech and engraved with scrollwork, the top barrel signed, the fore-sights framed in acanthus foliage (refreshed), foliate engraved tang retained by two screws, signed border engraved rounded back-action lock, moulded figured walnut butt carved with foliage around the barrel tang, cast and chased silver dragonesque side-plate, silver foliate escutcheon retaining traces of a coat-of-arms and with grotesque mask above, and silver pommel with engraved spurs and grotesque mask cap, engraved iron trigger-guard acting as the locking catch for the barrels (locking mechanism inoperative), and original iron-mounted ramrod retained by a single pipe (some wear and surface pitting, mainspring replaced), by Lewis Barbar, London, London proof marks, circa 1715 18½in.
A RARE SILVER-MOUNTED D.B. FLINTLOCK TURN-OVER PISTOL with sighted barrels chiselled with foliage on each breech and engraved with scrollwork, the top barrel signed, the fore-sights framed in acanthus foliage (refreshed), foliate engraved tang retained by two screws, signed border engraved rounded back-action lock, moulded figured walnut butt carved with foliage around the barrel tang, cast and chased silver dragonesque side-plate, silver foliate escutcheon retaining traces of a coat-of-arms and with grotesque mask above, and silver pommel with engraved spurs and grotesque mask cap, engraved iron trigger-guard acting as the locking catch for the barrels (locking mechanism inoperative), and original iron-mounted ramrod retained by a single pipe (some wear and surface pitting, mainspring replaced), by Lewis Barbar, London, London proof marks, circa 1715 18½in.
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