Lot Essay
The firm of Van Wart Son & Co. were Birmingham makers noted as being General, American & West Indies merchants. Many of their American customers were located in the southern states prior to the Civil War
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BY VAN WART SON & CO., ‘LONDON’, CIRCA 1840
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A PAIR OF 32-BORE ALL-METAL PERCUSSION HIGHLAND DRESS PISTOLS
BY VAN WART SON & CO., ‘LONDON’, CIRCA 1840
With four-stage sighted barrels each signed ‘LONDON’ and engraved with foliage and scrollwork, signed flat bevelled locks each engraved with border-lines and further foliage, white metal stocks and trigger-guards engraved en suite, the flattened butt-caps each with engraved hinged iron trap-cover, and original brass-capped iron ramrods
7 1/8in. (18.1cm.) barrels
BY VAN WART SON & CO., ‘LONDON’, CIRCA 1840
With four-stage sighted barrels each signed ‘LONDON’ and engraved with foliage and scrollwork, signed flat bevelled locks each engraved with border-lines and further foliage, white metal stocks and trigger-guards engraved en suite, the flattened butt-caps each with engraved hinged iron trap-cover, and original brass-capped iron ramrods
7 1/8in. (18.1cm.) barrels