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A 20-Bore Flintlock Silver-Mounted Pistol
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A 20-Bore Flintlock Silver-Mounted Pistol By Wilson, Birmingham Silver Hallmarks For 1777, Maker's Mark Of Charles Freeth With slightly swamped two-stage barrel, octagonal breech with re-engraved foliate scroll and stamped with Irish registration number 'EC-2925' for County Cork, East Riding, border engraved tang decorated with foliage, refurbished flat bevelled lock with re-engraved borders and foliate scroll signed in capitals, border engraved cock, safety-catch and steel en suite, figured full stock inlaid with silver wire scrollwork and a scallop shell around the tang, rounded butt with swelling pommel, cast and chased mounts comprising pierced Classical trophy of arms side-plate involving a dragon and centred on a female bust, vacant escutcheon en suite, butt-cap decorated with rocailles and foliage, trigger-guard with finial formed as a Classical female bust probably representing Britannia, and on the bow with an urn of flowers, an eagle and a trumpet, turned ramrod-pipes, and silver-tipped ramrod with iron worm, private Birmingham proof marks, barrelsmith's mark 'I.W', crowned 23.2 cm. barrel Footnotes: A James Wilson is recorded in Dublin between 1742 and 1798 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 20-Bore Flintlock Silver-Mounted Pistol By Wilson, Birmingham Silver Hallmarks For 1777, Maker's Mark Of Charles Freeth With slightly swamped two-stage barrel, octagonal breech with re-engraved foliate scroll and stamped with Irish registration number 'EC-2925' for County Cork, East Riding, border engraved tang decorated with foliage, refurbished flat bevelled lock with re-engraved borders and foliate scroll signed in capitals, border engraved cock, safety-catch and steel en suite, figured full stock inlaid with silver wire scrollwork and a scallop shell around the tang, rounded butt with swelling pommel, cast and chased mounts comprising pierced Classical trophy of arms side-plate involving a dragon and centred on a female bust, vacant escutcheon en suite, butt-cap decorated with rocailles and foliage, trigger-guard with finial formed as a Classical female bust probably representing Britannia, and on the bow with an urn of flowers, an eagle and a trumpet, turned ramrod-pipes, and silver-tipped ramrod with iron worm, private Birmingham proof marks, barrelsmith's mark 'I.W', crowned 23.2 cm. barrel Footnotes: A James Wilson is recorded in Dublin between 1742 and 1798 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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