Lot Essay
The maker is recorded in Westminster between 1713 and 1717, and is probably the 'Foreigner' allowed by the Gunmakers' Company to prove guns between 1721 and 1730
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BY DANIEL PAILLOU, LONDON, CIRCA 1710
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A Pair Of 64-Bore Flintlock Pocket Pistols
By Daniel Paillou, London, circa 1710
With turn-off cannon barrels with raised mouldings, the breeches each engraved with foliage and inscribed 'London', engraved tangs, signed border engraved rounded locks with engraved cock and steel (one steel expertly replaced), moulded highly figured rootwood half-stocks (some defects, mainly on one), globose butts, engraved side-plates (one side-nail replaced), long shaped border engraved trigger-plates, and baluster triggers without guard, London proof marks
7in. (17.8cm.) (2)
By Daniel Paillou, London, circa 1710
With turn-off cannon barrels with raised mouldings, the breeches each engraved with foliage and inscribed 'London', engraved tangs, signed border engraved rounded locks with engraved cock and steel (one steel expertly replaced), moulded highly figured rootwood half-stocks (some defects, mainly on one), globose butts, engraved side-plates (one side-nail replaced), long shaped border engraved trigger-plates, and baluster triggers without guard, London proof marks
7in. (17.8cm.) (2)
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