BY BENJAMIN GRIFFIN, BOND STREET, LONDON, LONDON SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1747
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AN 18-BORE SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL
BY BENJAMIN GRIFFIN, BOND STREET, LONDON, LONDON SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1747
WITH SLIGHTLY BELLED BARREL SIGNED AT THE BREECH, ENGRAVED TANG, SIGNED BORDER ENGRAVED ROUNDED LOCK (COCK CRACKED, MAINSPRING AND COCK RETAINING SCREW MISSING), FIGURED WALNUT FULL STOCK CARVED WITH A SHELL IN RELIEF BEHIND THE BARREL TANG, FULL SILVER MOUNTS CAST AND CHASED WITH ROCOCO ORNAMENT, COMPRISING PIERCED SIDE-PLATE, SPURRED POMMEL WITH GROTESQUE MASK CAP, ENGRAVED TRIGGER-GUARD (LOOSE) WITH ACORN FINIAL, TURNED RAMROD-PIPES (RAMROD MISSING), AND ESCUTCHEON ENGRAVED WITH CREST AND MOTTO, LONDON PROOF MARKS AND FOREIGNER'S MARK, SILVER MAKER'S MARK JA
15½IN. (39.3CM.)
BY BENJAMIN GRIFFIN, BOND STREET, LONDON, LONDON SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1747
WITH SLIGHTLY BELLED BARREL SIGNED AT THE BREECH, ENGRAVED TANG, SIGNED BORDER ENGRAVED ROUNDED LOCK (COCK CRACKED, MAINSPRING AND COCK RETAINING SCREW MISSING), FIGURED WALNUT FULL STOCK CARVED WITH A SHELL IN RELIEF BEHIND THE BARREL TANG, FULL SILVER MOUNTS CAST AND CHASED WITH ROCOCO ORNAMENT, COMPRISING PIERCED SIDE-PLATE, SPURRED POMMEL WITH GROTESQUE MASK CAP, ENGRAVED TRIGGER-GUARD (LOOSE) WITH ACORN FINIAL, TURNED RAMROD-PIPES (RAMROD MISSING), AND ESCUTCHEON ENGRAVED WITH CREST AND MOTTO, LONDON PROOF MARKS AND FOREIGNER'S MARK, SILVER MAKER'S MARK JA
15½IN. (39.3CM.)