SIGNED TURVEY, CIRCA 1770
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A Pair Of 18-Bore Flintlock Holster Pistols
Signed Turvey, circa 1770
With rebrowned slightly belled barrels each engraved with foliage at the breech (engraving worn), signed border engraved rounded locks, figured walnut full stocks each inlaid with a silver wire shell behind the barrel tang, cast and chased brass mounts including pierced foliate side-plates, trigger-guards with foliate finial, and grotesque mask butt-caps, shaped brass escutcheons each with indistinct crest, and horn-tipped ramrods (not a pair), one with worm, Birmingham proof marks
14in. (37.4cm.) (2)
Signed Turvey, circa 1770
With rebrowned slightly belled barrels each engraved with foliage at the breech (engraving worn), signed border engraved rounded locks, figured walnut full stocks each inlaid with a silver wire shell behind the barrel tang, cast and chased brass mounts including pierced foliate side-plates, trigger-guards with foliate finial, and grotesque mask butt-caps, shaped brass escutcheons each with indistinct crest, and horn-tipped ramrods (not a pair), one with worm, Birmingham proof marks
14in. (37.4cm.) (2)