Lot Essay
Thomas 3 Jones was free of the Gunmaker's Company in 1742 and had died by 1760
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BY THOMAS 3 JONES, LONDON, CIRCA 1750
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A pair of 18-bore flintlock turn-off pistols
By Thomas 3 Jones, London, circa 1750
With three-stage cannon barrels, engraved tangs, signed breeches engraved with acanthus foliage, border engraved actions (one cock and both top jaws and screws replaced), moulded figured walnut butts each carved with foliage behind the barrel tang, engraved trigger-guard safety-catches, and silver mounts comprising trophy of arms side-plates, vacant foliate escutcheons, and grotesque mask pommels (iron parts with some light pitting, one barrel with some filling), London proof marks, silver maker's mark JA
12 1/8in. (30.7cm.) (2)
By Thomas 3 Jones, London, circa 1750
With three-stage cannon barrels, engraved tangs, signed breeches engraved with acanthus foliage, border engraved actions (one cock and both top jaws and screws replaced), moulded figured walnut butts each carved with foliage behind the barrel tang, engraved trigger-guard safety-catches, and silver mounts comprising trophy of arms side-plates, vacant foliate escutcheons, and grotesque mask pommels (iron parts with some light pitting, one barrel with some filling), London proof marks, silver maker's mark JA
12 1/8in. (30.7cm.) (2)