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A Pair Of 15-Bore Flintlock Silver-Mounted Two-Shot Superimposed-Load Breech-Loading Pistols By Jame
A Pair Of 15-Bore Flintlock Silver-Mounted Two-Shot Superimposed-Load Breech-Loading Pistols By Jame
£8,450.00
Product Code
FP692
In stock
A pair of 15-bore flintlock silver-mounted two-shot superimposed-load breech-loading pistols by James Freeman, London, Circa 1725. With two-stage turn-off cannon barrels, border engraved actions each signed below the steel-spring, the breech sections octagonal changing to polygonal and engraved LONDON on each top flat, border engraved tangs each decorated with a double scroll through a diamond and with retaining screw behind the finial extending over the breech, the pans each with a silver drum acting as a tap for the two charges, safety-catches, fixed trigger-guards each with trefoil finial, moulded figured butts, each carved with foliage behind the tang, cast and chased mounts comprising side-plates each pierced with foliage centred on a cartouche issuing from a profile grotesque head, border engraved spurred pommels, the caps with a Classical bust in relief within a border of beadwork, and vacant escutcheons each with scrolled border, grotesque mask above and a scallop shell below. London proof marks and Freemans barrelsmiths mark.
Barrel Length - 20cm. Overall Length - 37cm.
** Provenance - James Paul Freeman was admitted to the freedom of the Gunmakers Company on 5 July 1716, and in the same year took over the premises in St. Martins Lane previously occupied by Andrew Dolep to whom he had been turned over in 1705. He was elected Master in 1732 and died in 1736. Both he and his son James are noted for their breech-loading pistols
A pair of 15-bore flintlock silver-mounted two-shot superimposed-load breech-loading pistols by James Freeman, London, Circa 1725. With two-stage turn-off cannon barrels, border engraved actions each signed below the steel-spring, the breech sections octagonal changing to polygonal and engraved LONDON on each top flat, border engraved tangs each decorated with a double scroll through a diamond and with retaining screw behind the finial extending over the breech, the pans each with a silver drum acting as a tap for the two charges, safety-catches, fixed trigger-guards each with trefoil finial, moulded figured butts, each carved with foliage behind the tang, cast and chased mounts comprising side-plates each pierced with foliage centred on a cartouche issuing from a profile grotesque head, border engraved spurred pommels, the caps with a Classical bust in relief within a border of beadwork, and vacant escutcheons each with scrolled border, grotesque mask above and a scallop shell below. London proof marks and Freemans barrelsmiths mark.
Barrel Length - 20cm. Overall Length - 37cm.
** Provenance - James Paul Freeman was admitted to the freedom of the Gunmakers Company on 5 July 1716, and in the same year took over the premises in St. Martins Lane previously occupied by Andrew Dolep to whom he had been turned over in 1705. He was elected Master in 1732 and died in 1736. Both he and his son James are noted for their breech-loading pistols
| Weight (kg) | 2.175 |
|---|---|
| Mechanism | Flintlock |
| License Type | No Licence Required |
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