Lot Essay
Theophilus Clemmes is recorded in Shug Lane between 1752 and 1789. He was successor to James Barbar
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BY THEOPHILUS CLEMMES, SHUG LANE, PICCADILLY, LONDON, CIRCA 1780
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A pair of 18-bore flintlock holster pistols
By Theophilus Clemmes, Shug Lane, Piccadilly, London, circa 1780
With slightly belled barrels each signed in full within a panel on the top flat of the breech, engraved tangs, signed locks engraved with flowers and foliage (one cock repaired), figured walnut full stocks (minor bruising) each carved with a shell in relief behind the barrel tang, full cast and chased brass mounts comprising pierced foliate side-plates, engraved trigger-guards each with acorn finial, vacant escutcheons each with a shell above, and grotesque mask pommels, brass ramrod-pipes, and brass-capped ramrods (one replaced), the other with worm, London proof marks and Foreigner's mark
13½in. (34.3cm.) (2)
By Theophilus Clemmes, Shug Lane, Piccadilly, London, circa 1780
With slightly belled barrels each signed in full within a panel on the top flat of the breech, engraved tangs, signed locks engraved with flowers and foliage (one cock repaired), figured walnut full stocks (minor bruising) each carved with a shell in relief behind the barrel tang, full cast and chased brass mounts comprising pierced foliate side-plates, engraved trigger-guards each with acorn finial, vacant escutcheons each with a shell above, and grotesque mask pommels, brass ramrod-pipes, and brass-capped ramrods (one replaced), the other with worm, London proof marks and Foreigner's mark
13½in. (34.3cm.) (2)