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A Pair Of 40-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols
A Pair Of 40-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols By Champion, Chichester, Circa 1840 With browned twist octagonal barrels (some old rust patination) each with silver fore-sight, case-hardened breeches each signed along the top flat and with gold line and platinum plug, case-hardened tangs each with back-sight and decorated with scrolling foliage, border engraved case-hardened flat locks and dolphin hammers each decorated with foliate scrollwork, the former signed in capitals and script and each with engraved safety-catch behind, figured half-stocks (minor old bruising) each with dark horn fore-end cap and chequered rounded butt, blued border engraved trigger-guards each decorated with foliate scrollwork, blued trigger-plates each with pineapple finial, turned rear ramrod-pipes, silver escutcheons each engraved with owner's crest, silver barrel-bolt escutcheons, original brass-mounted ramrods, each with threaded cap over the worm, and retaining much original finish, Birmingham proof marks (2) 24 cm. barrels Footnotes: James Champion is recorded in East Street, Chichester, between 1823 and 1845 The owner's crest is that of the Teesdale family, probably of Lieutenant C.C. Teesdale 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
A Pair Of 40-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols By Champion, Chichester, Circa 1840 With browned twist octagonal barrels (some old rust patination) each with silver fore-sight, case-hardened breeches each signed along the top flat and with gold line and platinum plug, case-hardened tangs each with back-sight and decorated with scrolling foliage, border engraved case-hardened flat locks and dolphin hammers each decorated with foliate scrollwork, the former signed in capitals and script and each with engraved safety-catch behind, figured half-stocks (minor old bruising) each with dark horn fore-end cap and chequered rounded butt, blued border engraved trigger-guards each decorated with foliate scrollwork, blued trigger-plates each with pineapple finial, turned rear ramrod-pipes, silver escutcheons each engraved with owner's crest, silver barrel-bolt escutcheons, original brass-mounted ramrods, each with threaded cap over the worm, and retaining much original finish, Birmingham proof marks (2) 24 cm. barrels Footnotes: James Champion is recorded in East Street, Chichester, between 1823 and 1845 The owner's crest is that of the Teesdale family, probably of Lieutenant C.C. Teesdale 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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