BY HAWKES MOSELEY & CO., LONDON, CIRCA 1825
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A CASED PAIR OF 16-BORE FLINTLOCK OFFICER'S PISTOLS
BY HAWKES MOSELEY & CO., LONDON, CIRCA 1825
WITH BROWNED TWIST OCTAGONAL SIGHTED BARRELS EACH WITH PLATINUM LINE AND PLATINUM-LINED TOUCH-HOLE, ENGRAVED CASE-HARDENED TANGS, REFINISHED SIGNED ENGRAVED LOCKS EACH WITH SAFETY-CATCH, ROLLER AND PIERCED COCK (ONE SAFETY-CATCH LOOSE, ONE JAW-SCREW REPAIRED), FIGURED WALNUT FULL STOCKS, CHEQUERED BUTTS, ENGRAVED BLUED STEEL MOUNTS, SILVER ESCUTCHEONS, HORN FORE-END CAPS, STIRRUP RAMRODS, AND MUCH ORIGINAL FINISH: IN ORIGINAL BRASS-BOUND FITTED MAHOGANY CASE LINED IN BLUE VELVET WITH MALLET/CLEANING ROD, THE LID WITH TWO ESCUTCHEONS, THE SMALLER INSCRIBED 'PISTOL CASE NO. 3', THE OTHER WITH CREST AND CORONET OF THE EARLS OF SHELBURNE
13¾IN. (34.9CM.)
BY HAWKES MOSELEY & CO., LONDON, CIRCA 1825
WITH BROWNED TWIST OCTAGONAL SIGHTED BARRELS EACH WITH PLATINUM LINE AND PLATINUM-LINED TOUCH-HOLE, ENGRAVED CASE-HARDENED TANGS, REFINISHED SIGNED ENGRAVED LOCKS EACH WITH SAFETY-CATCH, ROLLER AND PIERCED COCK (ONE SAFETY-CATCH LOOSE, ONE JAW-SCREW REPAIRED), FIGURED WALNUT FULL STOCKS, CHEQUERED BUTTS, ENGRAVED BLUED STEEL MOUNTS, SILVER ESCUTCHEONS, HORN FORE-END CAPS, STIRRUP RAMRODS, AND MUCH ORIGINAL FINISH: IN ORIGINAL BRASS-BOUND FITTED MAHOGANY CASE LINED IN BLUE VELVET WITH MALLET/CLEANING ROD, THE LID WITH TWO ESCUTCHEONS, THE SMALLER INSCRIBED 'PISTOL CASE NO. 3', THE OTHER WITH CREST AND CORONET OF THE EARLS OF SHELBURNE
13¾IN. (34.9CM.)