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A Rare Pair Of 80-Bore Flintlock Double Barreled Box-Lock Turn-Off Pistols
A Rare Pair Of 80-Bore Flintlock Double Barreled Box-Lock Turn-Off Pistols
£5,775.00
Product Code
FP678
In stock
A rare pair of 80-bore flintlock double barreled box-lock turn-off pistols by Bunney of London with Birmingham silver hallmarks and makers mark, probably of Charles Freeth, Circa 1775. Comprising brass turn-off cannon barrels numbered 1 to 4 respectively, the border engraved part-octagonal breeches numbered to correspond, border engraved brass actions each engraved with rocailles and foliage on both sides, one side including the signature on a scroll, border engraved sliding steel cut-off on the left, border engraved cocks and steels, sliding trigger-guard safety-catches each engraved with a flower-head on the bow, figured rounded butts each with swelling pommel and profusely inlaid with scrollwork and rocailles in fine silver wire heightened with engraved silver flower-heads, vacant border engraved silver escutcheons, and silver grotesque-mask butt-caps, Tower private proof marks. In good working order.
Barrel Length - 5cm. Overall Length - 22cm.
** Provenance - The maker is Joseph Bunney of Birmingham who is known to have marked his firearms London. He is recorded at various addresses in Birmingham between 1766 and 1814
A rare pair of 80-bore flintlock double barreled box-lock turn-off pistols by Bunney of London with Birmingham silver hallmarks and makers mark, probably of Charles Freeth, Circa 1775. Comprising brass turn-off cannon barrels numbered 1 to 4 respectively, the border engraved part-octagonal breeches numbered to correspond, border engraved brass actions each engraved with rocailles and foliage on both sides, one side including the signature on a scroll, border engraved sliding steel cut-off on the left, border engraved cocks and steels, sliding trigger-guard safety-catches each engraved with a flower-head on the bow, figured rounded butts each with swelling pommel and profusely inlaid with scrollwork and rocailles in fine silver wire heightened with engraved silver flower-heads, vacant border engraved silver escutcheons, and silver grotesque-mask butt-caps, Tower private proof marks. In good working order.
Barrel Length - 5cm. Overall Length - 22cm.
** Provenance - The maker is Joseph Bunney of Birmingham who is known to have marked his firearms London. He is recorded at various addresses in Birmingham between 1766 and 1814
| Weight (kg) | 1.148 |
|---|---|
| Mechanism | Flintlock |
| License Type | No Licence Required |
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