BY JOHN PROSSER, CHARING CROSS, LONDON, NO. 66, DATED 1803

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A Fine Pair Of 29-Bore D.B. Flintlock Carriage Pistols
By John Prosser, Charing Cross, London, No. 66, dated 1803
With signed rebrowned sighted barrels each with gold line and gold-lined touch-hole, engraved grooved tangs, signed border engraved bevelled locks each with engraved safety-catch, stepped tail, blued steel-spring, and some original blued finish on the internal parts (cocks expertly replaced), figured walnut half-stocks (minor bruising), deeply chequered 'Catalan'-style butts, engraved blued iron mounts including heel-caps each engraved 'Prosser 1803', horn-tipped ramrods, one with worm, and some original finish, London proof marks
14¾in. (37.5cm.) (2)

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Lot Essay

John Prosser was appointed Sword Cutler and Beltmaker to King George III in 1795 and to King George IV in 1827
Cf. two pairs of similar pistols, the first with adjacent serial number ('65'), sold from the W. Keith Neal Collection in these Rooms, 8 November 1995, lots 306 and 307
It is likely that Prosser serial numbered only his 'Catalan'-butted pistols

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