Lot Essay
John Harman was free of the Gunmakers' Company in 1714. In 1729 he was appointed Gunmaker to Frederick, Prince of Wales
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A 55-BORE BREECH-LOADING FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOL
BY JOHN HARMAN, LONDON, CIRCA 1720
With short turn-off cannon barrel with attached fore-stock (repaired), signed breech, border engraved tang decorated with foliage, signed border engraved rounded lock, small dog safety-catch (replaced), globose butt, iron mounts comprising border engraved trigger- and fore-stock plates, chiselled foliate side-plate, and button trigger without guard (iron parts with rust patination)
5 3/8in. (13.6cm.)
BY JOHN HARMAN, LONDON, CIRCA 1720
With short turn-off cannon barrel with attached fore-stock (repaired), signed breech, border engraved tang decorated with foliage, signed border engraved rounded lock, small dog safety-catch (replaced), globose butt, iron mounts comprising border engraved trigger- and fore-stock plates, chiselled foliate side-plate, and button trigger without guard (iron parts with rust patination)
5 3/8in. (13.6cm.)
Literature
Claude Blair, Pistols of the World, 1968, No. 298