AN UNUSUAL SET OF FOUR PERCUSSION PISTOLS, comprising a pair of Irish d.b. pistols with etched twist sighted barrels signed in full on the rib, case-hardened scroll engraved breeches (nipples missing) and tangs, signed scroll engraved bolted locks, walnut half-stocks, flattened chequered butts, scroll engraved blued steel mounts including trigger-guards with pineapple finial, and butt-caps, vacant silver escutcheons, blued stirrup ramrods, and some original finish, by Trulock & Son, 9 Dawson St., Dublin; and a pair of d.b. box-lock pistols with sighted barrels, signed scroll engraved tangs, scroll engraved bolted actions (one safety-catch broken, three nipples missing), numbered chequered walnut butts, engraved steel mounts including trigger-guards and hinged butt-traps, vacant silver escutcheons, and stirrup ramrods, signed Thos. K. Baker, London, No. 283, London proof marks: in contemporary two-tier mahogany case, each tier with its own accessories, the sides and front each with brass carrying handle, 19th Century

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AN UNUSUAL SET OF FOUR PERCUSSION PISTOLS, comprising a pair of Irish d.b. pistols with etched twist sighted barrels signed in full on the rib, case-hardened scroll engraved breeches (nipples missing) and tangs, signed scroll engraved bolted locks, walnut half-stocks, flattened chequered butts, scroll engraved blued steel mounts including trigger-guards with pineapple finial, and butt-caps, vacant silver escutcheons, blued stirrup ramrods, and some original finish, by Trulock & Son, 9 Dawson St., Dublin; and a pair of d.b. box-lock pistols with sighted barrels, signed scroll engraved tangs, scroll engraved bolted actions (one safety-catch broken, three nipples missing), numbered chequered walnut butts, engraved steel mounts including trigger-guards and hinged butt-traps, vacant silver escutcheons, and stirrup ramrods, signed Thos. K. Baker, London, No. 283, London proof marks: in contemporary two-tier mahogany case, each tier with its own accessories, the sides and front each with brass carrying handle, 19th Century
9½in. and 8¼in.

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