Lot Essay
Cf. a very similar pair of Jover pistols, also with five-start breech-plugs requiring two complete turns, sold from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 9 November 2000, lot 271
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BY WILLIAM 1 JOVER, LONDON, CIRCA 1775
Details
A Very Rare Cased Pair Of 50-Bore Breech-Loading Flintlock Pistols On The La Chaumette System
By William 1 Jover, London, circa 1775
With signed blued octagonal sighted barrels engraved with a line of beadwork at the breech and cut with eight grooves, gold-lined touch-holes, finely engraved tangs, signed stepped bevelled bright steel locks engraved with a flower on the tail, engraved blued safety-catches, blued top jaws and screws, cock-retaining screws and steel-springs (one cock replaced), finely figured walnut full stocks, bright steel mounts finely engraved with flowers and garlands, tutenag breech plugs, set triggers, and horn-tipped ramrods (blued finish refreshed): in contemporary lined and fitted case (wormed) covered in black leather and studded with brass tacks, with a bullet mould, the lid with carrying handle of Chippendale form
14¾in. (37.4cm.) (2)
By William 1 Jover, London, circa 1775
With signed blued octagonal sighted barrels engraved with a line of beadwork at the breech and cut with eight grooves, gold-lined touch-holes, finely engraved tangs, signed stepped bevelled bright steel locks engraved with a flower on the tail, engraved blued safety-catches, blued top jaws and screws, cock-retaining screws and steel-springs (one cock replaced), finely figured walnut full stocks, bright steel mounts finely engraved with flowers and garlands, tutenag breech plugs, set triggers, and horn-tipped ramrods (blued finish refreshed): in contemporary lined and fitted case (wormed) covered in black leather and studded with brass tacks, with a bullet mould, the lid with carrying handle of Chippendale form
14¾in. (37.4cm.) (2)
Provenance
The Marquess of Cholmondeley
E.J. Churchill
Sam Cummings
E.J. Churchill
Sam Cummings
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.