SIGNED BARBAR, LONDON, BIRMINGHAM SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1780
Details
A 54-BORE SILVER-MOUNTED D.B. FLINTLOCK BOX-LOCK TAP-ACTION PISTOL
SIGNED BARBAR, LONDON, BIRMINGHAM SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1780
WITH SIDE-BY-SIDE TURN-OFF CANNON BARRELS NUMBERED '1' AND '2', BORDER ENGRAVED ACTION, TOP JAW AND STEEL ALL DECORATED IN LOW RELIEF WITH ROCOCO ORNAMENT AGAINST A STIPPLED GROUND, SIGNED ON A RIBBON ON THE RIGHT SIDE, AND WITH ENGRAVED THUMBPIECE TO THE CUT-OFF ON THE LEFT SIDE (ACTION DEFECTIVE, COMB OF COCK MISSING), ENGRAVED SLIDING TRIGGER-GUARD SAFETY-CATCH, SWELLING WALNUT BUTT INLAID WITH SHELLS AND SCROLLWORK IN SILVER WIRE (INCOMPLETE) HEIGHTENED WITH SILVER DOTS, SILVER ESCUTCHEON ENGRAVED WITH CREST AND INITIALS 'WB', AND FOLIATE SILVER BUTT-CAP, TOWER PRIVATE PROOF MARKS, SILVER MAKER'S MARK OF CHARLES FREETH
11IN. (27.9CM.)
THE CREST IS PROBABLY THAT OF THE BRETARGH FAMILY, CO. LANCASTER
SIGNED BARBAR, LONDON, BIRMINGHAM SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1780
WITH SIDE-BY-SIDE TURN-OFF CANNON BARRELS NUMBERED '1' AND '2', BORDER ENGRAVED ACTION, TOP JAW AND STEEL ALL DECORATED IN LOW RELIEF WITH ROCOCO ORNAMENT AGAINST A STIPPLED GROUND, SIGNED ON A RIBBON ON THE RIGHT SIDE, AND WITH ENGRAVED THUMBPIECE TO THE CUT-OFF ON THE LEFT SIDE (ACTION DEFECTIVE, COMB OF COCK MISSING), ENGRAVED SLIDING TRIGGER-GUARD SAFETY-CATCH, SWELLING WALNUT BUTT INLAID WITH SHELLS AND SCROLLWORK IN SILVER WIRE (INCOMPLETE) HEIGHTENED WITH SILVER DOTS, SILVER ESCUTCHEON ENGRAVED WITH CREST AND INITIALS 'WB', AND FOLIATE SILVER BUTT-CAP, TOWER PRIVATE PROOF MARKS, SILVER MAKER'S MARK OF CHARLES FREETH
11IN. (27.9CM.)
THE CREST IS PROBABLY THAT OF THE BRETARGH FAMILY, CO. LANCASTER
Provenance
JOHN NOTTAGE, CHRISTIE'S MELBOURNE, 8-9 MAY 1989, LOT 587