A FINE SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK BOX-LOCK PISTOL with three-stage turn-off cannon barrel of tutenag, border engraved tutenag action signed within a ribbon and engraved with rococo ornament, engraved thumpiece safety-catch, engraved tutenag trigger-guard, and flat-sided walnut butt with silver borders engraved with overlapping foliage, and inlaid with silver panels engraved with flowerheads and foliage, in fine condition throughout, by William Grice, London, Tower private proof marks, circa 1780

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A FINE SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK BOX-LOCK PISTOL with three-stage turn-off cannon barrel of tutenag, border engraved tutenag action signed within a ribbon and engraved with rococo ornament, engraved thumpiece safety-catch, engraved tutenag trigger-guard, and flat-sided walnut butt with silver borders engraved with overlapping foliage, and inlaid with silver panels engraved with flowerheads and foliage, in fine condition throughout, by William Grice, London, Tower private proof marks, circa 1780
12in.
Literature
Frederick Wilkinson, Flintlock Pistols, p. 23

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