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A CASED PAIR OF 38-BORE PERCUSSION PISTOLS
BY SYKES, OXFORD, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Rebuilt from flintlock, with signed browned twist octagonal sighted barrels, engraved case-hardened breeches each with platinum line and pierced platinum plug, engraved tangs, signed foliate engraved case-hardened locks each with safety-catch, varnished figured walnut full stocks, engraved blued iron mounts including trigger-guards each with pineapple finial, vacant silver escutcheons, and some original finish: in contemporary fitted mahogany case lined with blue velvet, with some accessories, the lid with trade label
10½in. (26.6cm.)
BY SYKES, OXFORD, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Rebuilt from flintlock, with signed browned twist octagonal sighted barrels, engraved case-hardened breeches each with platinum line and pierced platinum plug, engraved tangs, signed foliate engraved case-hardened locks each with safety-catch, varnished figured walnut full stocks, engraved blued iron mounts including trigger-guards each with pineapple finial, vacant silver escutcheons, and some original finish: in contemporary fitted mahogany case lined with blue velvet, with some accessories, the lid with trade label
10½in. (26.6cm.)