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A CASED PAIR OF 36-BORE FLINTLOCK DUELLING PISTOLS
BY TWIGG & BASS, LONDON, CIRCA 1788-90
With signed slightly swamped rebrowned twist octagonal sighted barrels, gold-lined touch-holes, engraved tangs, signed bevelled locks each with stepped tail and safety-catch, figured walnut full stocks, plain flat-sided butts, lightly engraved iron mounts including trigger-guards each with acorn finial of the first pattern, and horn-tipped ramrods: in contemporary relined and refitted mahogany case with accessories, the lid with flush-fitting carrying handle, London proof marks
15 1/8in.
BY TWIGG & BASS, LONDON, CIRCA 1788-90
With signed slightly swamped rebrowned twist octagonal sighted barrels, gold-lined touch-holes, engraved tangs, signed bevelled locks each with stepped tail and safety-catch, figured walnut full stocks, plain flat-sided butts, lightly engraved iron mounts including trigger-guards each with acorn finial of the first pattern, and horn-tipped ramrods: in contemporary relined and refitted mahogany case with accessories, the lid with flush-fitting carrying handle, London proof marks
15 1/8in.
Provenance
Field-Marshal Sir Francis Festing, Chief of the Imperial General Staff
Literature
W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers 1740-1790, pp. 152-3, plates 154-6