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BY BENJAMIN GRIFFIN, BOND STREET, LONDON, CIRCA 1760
Details
A 48-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Pocket Pistol
By Benjamin Griffin, Bond Street, London, circa 1760
With short turn-off cannon barrel numbered '1', border engraved action decorated with foliage and signed within ribbons (top jaw and screw replaced), small flat-sided figured walnut butt (minor bruising), and engraved trigger-guard (small areas of surface pitting), London proof marks and Foreigner's mark
6in. (15.2cm.)
By Benjamin Griffin, Bond Street, London, circa 1760
With short turn-off cannon barrel numbered '1', border engraved action decorated with foliage and signed within ribbons (top jaw and screw replaced), small flat-sided figured walnut butt (minor bruising), and engraved trigger-guard (small areas of surface pitting), London proof marks and Foreigner's mark
6in. (15.2cm.)
Literature
W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, Messrs Griffin & Tow and W. Bailes, p. 100
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.