A .56 Calibre George II Flintlock Cavalry Pistol

DATED 1742

Details

A .56 Calibre George II Flintlock Cavalry Pistol
Dated 1742
With 10in. (25.4cm.) barrel engraved 'Churchill' (partly refreshed), rounded border engraved lock engraved with 'GR' crowned, and 'Tower 1742' on the tail (cock associated), full stock (bruised, fore-end chipped and cracked, butt with amateur repair), and brass mounts including spurred pommel with grotesque mask cap, the escutcheon engraved 'T1/29' (iron parts with surface pitting, ramrod missing), Ordnance proof marks
16in. (41.9cm.)

Lot Essay

This may be one of 330 pistols supplied at 35s per pair to the Board of Ordnance by Richard Woolridge in 1742. See H.L. Blackmore, British Military Firearms 1650-1850, p. 47, and R.E. Brooker, jr., British Military Pistols 1603-1888, p. 33, and Appendix III.

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