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A Fine Cased Pair Of 14-Bore Percussion Officer's Belt Pistols
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London, United Kingdom
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A Fine Cased Pair Of 14-Bore Percussion Officer's Belt Pistols Unsigned But Retailed By George Gibbs, Bristol, Circa 1860 With browned twist sighted barrels each with top flat, case-hardened breeches each with gold line, pierced platinum plug and engraved with a palmette on the flat, border engraved case-hardened tangs each decorated with foliate scrollwork, border engraved case-hardened flat locks and dolphin hammers en suite, lightly figured full stocks each with dark horn fore-end cap and chequered rounded butt, steel mounts comprising ovoidal case-hardened butt-caps each engraved with foliate scrollwork and with hinged circular butt-trap cover engraved with a flower-head, blued swept trigger-guards each with pineapple finial and decorated with foliate scrollwork on the border engraved bow, blued belt hooks, white-metal escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, the former each engraved with owner's crest and monogram 'EFMB', stirrup ramrods, and retaining nearly all their original finish: in original lined and fitted oak case (central compartment loose, one compartment lid, lock and keyhole escutcheon missing) with some accessories including Sykes brass-mounted three-way powder-flask retaining most of its original finish, the interior of the lid with retailer's trade label with 9 Corn Street, Bristol address, the exterior with circular brass escutcheon engraved with owner's crest and monogram, London proof marks 19 cm. barrel Footnotes: George Gibbs is recorded at 29 Corn Street, Bristol between 1860 and 1870 This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. 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 Fine Cased Pair Of 14-Bore Percussion Officer's Belt Pistols Unsigned But Retailed By George Gibbs, Bristol, Circa 1860 With browned twist sighted barrels each with top flat, case-hardened breeches each with gold line, pierced platinum plug and engraved with a palmette on the flat, border engraved case-hardened tangs each decorated with foliate scrollwork, border engraved case-hardened flat locks and dolphin hammers en suite, lightly figured full stocks each with dark horn fore-end cap and chequered rounded butt, steel mounts comprising ovoidal case-hardened butt-caps each engraved with foliate scrollwork and with hinged circular butt-trap cover engraved with a flower-head, blued swept trigger-guards each with pineapple finial and decorated with foliate scrollwork on the border engraved bow, blued belt hooks, white-metal escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, the former each engraved with owner's crest and monogram 'EFMB', stirrup ramrods, and retaining nearly all their original finish: in original lined and fitted oak case (central compartment loose, one compartment lid, lock and keyhole escutcheon missing) with some accessories including Sykes brass-mounted three-way powder-flask retaining most of its original finish, the interior of the lid with retailer's trade label with 9 Corn Street, Bristol address, the exterior with circular brass escutcheon engraved with owner's crest and monogram, London proof marks 19 cm. barrel Footnotes: George Gibbs is recorded at 29 Corn Street, Bristol between 1860 and 1870 This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. 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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