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A Cased Pair Of Flintlock Travelling Pistols Of Musket Bore, With Original Bill Of Sale
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A Cased Pair Of Flintlock Travelling Pistols Of Musket Bore, With Original Bill Of Sale By W. Parker, Maker To His Majesty, Holborn, London, No. 8005, Circa 1823 With browned twist sighted barrels each signed in full in capitals along the top flat, retaining much original browning beneath and each stamped with Irish registration number 'D-N 1675/6' for County Down, case-hardened breeches each with platinum-lined touch-hole, border engraved tangs each with back-sight and decorated with foliage, border engraved flat bevelled locks each signed in capitals and decorated with foliage, foliate engraved cocks and safety-catches, semi-rainproof pans and rollers, the internal working parts retaining their burnished finish, figured full stocks each with chequered rounded butt, steel trigger-guards each with pineapple-shaped finial and decorated with foliage on the border engraved bow, vacant silver escutcheons, and stirrup ramrods (steel parts with old rust patination): in original lined and fitted mahogany case with brass-mounted three-way powder-flask retaining most of its lacquered finish, the interior of the lid with maker's illustrated trade label (minor damage) with No. 223 High Holborn address, the exterior with brass plate incorporating a flush-fitting brass carrying handle, Birmingham proof marks (2) 11.5 cm. barrels Footnotes: Offered with extremely rare original maker's handwritten bill of sale dated 4 Sept 1832 William 3 Parker is recorded at 233 High Holborn between 1793 and 1841. He was Gunmaker to the Duke of Kent, Prince Edward and William IV For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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A Cased Pair Of Flintlock Travelling Pistols Of Musket Bore, With Original Bill Of Sale By W. Parker, Maker To His Majesty, Holborn, London, No. 8005, Circa 1823 With browned twist sighted barrels each signed in full in capitals along the top flat, retaining much original browning beneath and each stamped with Irish registration number 'D-N 1675/6' for County Down, case-hardened breeches each with platinum-lined touch-hole, border engraved tangs each with back-sight and decorated with foliage, border engraved flat bevelled locks each signed in capitals and decorated with foliage, foliate engraved cocks and safety-catches, semi-rainproof pans and rollers, the internal working parts retaining their burnished finish, figured full stocks each with chequered rounded butt, steel trigger-guards each with pineapple-shaped finial and decorated with foliage on the border engraved bow, vacant silver escutcheons, and stirrup ramrods (steel parts with old rust patination): in original lined and fitted mahogany case with brass-mounted three-way powder-flask retaining most of its lacquered finish, the interior of the lid with maker's illustrated trade label (minor damage) with No. 223 High Holborn address, the exterior with brass plate incorporating a flush-fitting brass carrying handle, Birmingham proof marks (2) 11.5 cm. barrels Footnotes: Offered with extremely rare original maker's handwritten bill of sale dated 4 Sept 1832 William 3 Parker is recorded at 233 High Holborn between 1793 and 1841. He was Gunmaker to the Duke of Kent, Prince Edward and William IV For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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