BY JOHN 2 BENNETT, ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON, CIRCA 1800
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A Pair Of 16-Bore Flintlock Officer's Pistols
By John 2 Bennett, Royal Exchange, London, circa 1800
With signed browned twist slightly belled sighted barrels with gold-lined touch-hole, one struck with barrelsmith's mark 'I.B.', engraved tangs, signed engraved case-hardened detented locks each retaining nearly all its original internal finish, with safety-catch also locking the steel, roller and stepped tail, figured walnut full stocks, chequered butts, engraved steel mounts including blued trigger-guards, blued set triggers, border engraved silver escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, original horn-tipped ramrods, one with worm, and much original finish, London proof marks
14in. (36.8cm.) (2)
By John 2 Bennett, Royal Exchange, London, circa 1800
With signed browned twist slightly belled sighted barrels with gold-lined touch-hole, one struck with barrelsmith's mark 'I.B.', engraved tangs, signed engraved case-hardened detented locks each retaining nearly all its original internal finish, with safety-catch also locking the steel, roller and stepped tail, figured walnut full stocks, chequered butts, engraved steel mounts including blued trigger-guards, blued set triggers, border engraved silver escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, original horn-tipped ramrods, one with worm, and much original finish, London proof marks
14in. (36.8cm.) (2)