A RARE PAIR OF 16-BORE FLINTLOCK PISTOLS OF VICTORIAN ROYAL MAIL COACH TYPE

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A RARE PAIR OF 16-BORE FLINTLOCK PISTOLS OF VICTORIAN ROYAL MAIL COACH TYPE

BY J. HARDING & SON, BORO' (SIC), LONDON, DATED 1840

With heavy brass barrels each signed on the breech and numbered '383', iron tangs, signed bevelled locks, each dated on the stepped tail and fitted with safety-catch (steels refaced), walnut full stocks, brass mounts (pommels nicked), and brass-tipped ramrods (one fore-end repaired and partly replaced, one ramrod associated, iron parts with some wear and patination, one cock loose on spindle), London and Ordnance proof marks
14½in. (36.8cm.) (2)

Lot Essay

For a similar pistol see R.E. Brooker, Jr., British Military Pistols 1603-1888, p.119, fig.128
James Harding & Son were at 264 Borough High Street between 1838 and 1843

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