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AN UNUSUAL CASED PAIR OF 22-BORE FLINTLOCK BOX-LOCK POCKET PISTOLS
BY JOHN 2 BENNETT, ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON, CIRCA 1785
With turn-off barrels, signed actions, the cocks with blued top jaws and screws, trigger-guard safety-catches, flat-sided figured walnut butts, and blued triggers: in original lined and fitted oak case with accessories, the lid with carrying handle of Chippendale form, London proof marks, barrelsmith's mark IB
5 5/8in.
BY JOHN 2 BENNETT, ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON, CIRCA 1785
With turn-off barrels, signed actions, the cocks with blued top jaws and screws, trigger-guard safety-catches, flat-sided figured walnut butts, and blued triggers: in original lined and fitted oak case with accessories, the lid with carrying handle of Chippendale form, London proof marks, barrelsmith's mark IB
5 5/8in.
Literature
W. Keith Neal & D.H.L. Back, British Gunmakers Their Trade Cards, Cases and Equipment 1760-1860, plate 330