BY BARBAR, LONDON, BIRMINGHAM SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1779
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A 20-Bore Flintlock Holster Pistol
By Barbar, London, Birmingham silver hallmarks for 1779
With signed two-stage slightly belled barrel engraved with foliage on the breech and tang, signed engraved rounded lock (cock repaired, tumbler worn), figured walnut full stock (minor bruising, fore-end cracked) carved with a shell in relief behind the barrel tang, engraved iron trigger-guard with acorn finial, engraved silver ribbon side-plate, vacant silver escutcheon with a shell above, silver grotesque mask pommel, and iron ramrod-pipes (one broken, ramrod missing), London proof marks
13¼in. (33.6cm.)
By Barbar, London, Birmingham silver hallmarks for 1779
With signed two-stage slightly belled barrel engraved with foliage on the breech and tang, signed engraved rounded lock (cock repaired, tumbler worn), figured walnut full stock (minor bruising, fore-end cracked) carved with a shell in relief behind the barrel tang, engraved iron trigger-guard with acorn finial, engraved silver ribbon side-plate, vacant silver escutcheon with a shell above, silver grotesque mask pommel, and iron ramrod-pipes (one broken, ramrod missing), London proof marks
13¼in. (33.6cm.)