Lot Essay
For further information concerning the series of pistols made for Philip d'Auvergne please see Howard L. Blackmore, British Military Firearms 1650-1850, p. 64
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BY HENRY NOCK, LONDON, CIRCA 1796
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A RARE 25-BORE BRASS-BARRELLED FLINTLOCK SERVICE PISTOL DESIGNED FOR PHILIP D'AUVERGNE, PRINCE OF BOUILLON
BY HENRY NOCK, LONDON, CIRCA 1796
With slightly swamped barrel with faint traces of signature on the short sighting-flat, iron tang, border engraved rounded lock with 'GR' cypher and signed 'TOWER NOCK' on the tail, figured walnut full stock (split in ramrod channel) struck with a storekeeper's mark and inspection mark, brass mounts, and original brass-tipped ramrod, Tower private proof marks; together with A BELGIAN 16-BORE FLINTLOCK CAVALRY PISTOL, early 19th century, with tapering iron barrel, rounded lock, walnut full stock, and brass mounts, (some corrosion marking to iron parts), Liège proof
Respectively 7in. (17.8cm.) and 9in. (22.8cm.) barrels (2)
BY HENRY NOCK, LONDON, CIRCA 1796
With slightly swamped barrel with faint traces of signature on the short sighting-flat, iron tang, border engraved rounded lock with 'GR' cypher and signed 'TOWER NOCK' on the tail, figured walnut full stock (split in ramrod channel) struck with a storekeeper's mark and inspection mark, brass mounts, and original brass-tipped ramrod, Tower private proof marks; together with A BELGIAN 16-BORE FLINTLOCK CAVALRY PISTOL, early 19th century, with tapering iron barrel, rounded lock, walnut full stock, and brass mounts, (some corrosion marking to iron parts), Liège proof
Respectively 7in. (17.8cm.) and 9in. (22.8cm.) barrels (2)