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A Rare Pair Of 15-Bore Flintlock Silver-Mounted Two-Shot Superimposed-Load Breech-Loading Pistols
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A Rare 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 (minor old splits) 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 (some wear overall), London proof marks and Freeman's barrelsmith's mark (2) 15.3 cm. barrels Footnotes: 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 For further information see D.R. Baxter, Superimposed Load Firearms 1360-1860, 1966, pp. 160-165 For a closely related pair of pistols see Christie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 9 November 2000, lot 215 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 Rare 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 (minor old splits) 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 (some wear overall), London proof marks and Freeman's barrelsmith's mark (2) 15.3 cm. barrels Footnotes: 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 For further information see D.R. Baxter, Superimposed Load Firearms 1360-1860, 1966, pp. 160-165 For a closely related pair of pistols see Christie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 9 November 2000, lot 215 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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