Lot Essay
The owner's name reads in translation: 'John Orland'
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A FINE CASED PAIR OF 38-BORE SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK DUELLING PISTOLS
BY JOSEPH MANTON, NO. 11 HANOVER SQUARE, LONDON, NO. 8831, LONDON SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1822
With scratch rifled heavy browned twist octagonal sighted barrels, case-hardened patent recessed breeches each with platinum line, platinum-lined stamp and touch-hole, engraved case-hardened tangs each incorporating a back-sight, signed scroll engraved serial numbered case-hardened detented locks each with safety-catch, roller bearing on a ramp, and rainproof pan, the steels each engraved 'Joseph Manton Patent', and numbered 8832 and 8833 respectively, finely figured walnut half-stocks, chequered butts, engraved silver mounts including numbered spur trigger-guards, silver escutcheons engraved with crest and owner's name in Greek, silver barrel-bolt escutcheons, blued trigger-plates, horn fore-end caps, original horn-tipped ramrods, and nearly all their original finish throughout: in lined and fitted mahogany case (lining with minor damage) with accessories including a three-way flask covered in red leather, the lid with trade label for 1820-25, flush-fitting carrying handle, and circular escutcheon engraved with the same crest and owner's name as the pistols, London proof marks, the barrels forged by Charles Lancaster, silver maker's mark EB
15½in.
BY JOSEPH MANTON, NO. 11 HANOVER SQUARE, LONDON, NO. 8831, LONDON SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1822
With scratch rifled heavy browned twist octagonal sighted barrels, case-hardened patent recessed breeches each with platinum line, platinum-lined stamp and touch-hole, engraved case-hardened tangs each incorporating a back-sight, signed scroll engraved serial numbered case-hardened detented locks each with safety-catch, roller bearing on a ramp, and rainproof pan, the steels each engraved 'Joseph Manton Patent', and numbered 8832 and 8833 respectively, finely figured walnut half-stocks, chequered butts, engraved silver mounts including numbered spur trigger-guards, silver escutcheons engraved with crest and owner's name in Greek, silver barrel-bolt escutcheons, blued trigger-plates, horn fore-end caps, original horn-tipped ramrods, and nearly all their original finish throughout: in lined and fitted mahogany case (lining with minor damage) with accessories including a three-way flask covered in red leather, the lid with trade label for 1820-25, flush-fitting carrying handle, and circular escutcheon engraved with the same crest and owner's name as the pistols, London proof marks, the barrels forged by Charles Lancaster, silver maker's mark EB
15½in.
Literature
D.H.L. Back, The Mantons 1782-1878, p. 120