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A PAIR OF 50-BORE FLINTLOCK BOX-LOCK PISTOLS
BY THOMAS KETLAND, LONDON, CIRCA 1770
With three-stage turn-off cannon barrels, signed border engraved actions decorated with rococo ornament (top jaws, screws and steels replaced), engraved sliding trigger-guard safety-catches, swelling figured walnut butts inlaid with silver wire scrollwork, and silver grotesque mask butt-caps, Birmingham private proof marks
8in. (20.3cm.) (2)
BY THOMAS KETLAND, LONDON, CIRCA 1770
With three-stage turn-off cannon barrels, signed border engraved actions decorated with rococo ornament (top jaws, screws and steels replaced), engraved sliding trigger-guard safety-catches, swelling figured walnut butts inlaid with silver wire scrollwork, and silver grotesque mask butt-caps, Birmingham private proof marks
8in. (20.3cm.) (2)