BY JOSEPH CLARKSON JUNIOR, LONDON, CIRCA 1760
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A FINE PAIR OF 20-BORE SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK TURN-OFF PISTOLS
BY JOSEPH CLARKSON JUNIOR, LONDON, CIRCA 1760
WITH THREE-STAGE CANNON BARRELS EACH SIGNED AT THE BREECH, BORDER ENGRAVED ACTIONS, ENGRAVED TANGS, SWELLING FIGURED WALNUT BUTTS, CAST AND CHASED MOUNTS COMPRISING PIERCED SIDE-PLATES, ESCUTCHEONS WITH MASK ABOVE AND SHELL BENEATH, EACH ENGRAVED WITH A CREST OF THREE FLEURS-DE-LYS, AND GROTESQUE MASK POMMELS, AND SLIDING TRIGGER-GUARD SAFETY-CATCHES EACH WITH RELEASE STUD TO THE REAR, LONDON PROOF MARKS
12IN. (30.5CM.)
JOSEPH CLARKSON JUNIOR WAS APPRENTICED TO GEORGE MARKBEE AND PETER GANDON. HE WAS FREE OF THE GUNMAKERS' COMPANY IN 1752 (2)
BY JOSEPH CLARKSON JUNIOR, LONDON, CIRCA 1760
WITH THREE-STAGE CANNON BARRELS EACH SIGNED AT THE BREECH, BORDER ENGRAVED ACTIONS, ENGRAVED TANGS, SWELLING FIGURED WALNUT BUTTS, CAST AND CHASED MOUNTS COMPRISING PIERCED SIDE-PLATES, ESCUTCHEONS WITH MASK ABOVE AND SHELL BENEATH, EACH ENGRAVED WITH A CREST OF THREE FLEURS-DE-LYS, AND GROTESQUE MASK POMMELS, AND SLIDING TRIGGER-GUARD SAFETY-CATCHES EACH WITH RELEASE STUD TO THE REAR, LONDON PROOF MARKS
12IN. (30.5CM.)
JOSEPH CLARKSON JUNIOR WAS APPRENTICED TO GEORGE MARKBEE AND PETER GANDON. HE WAS FREE OF THE GUNMAKERS' COMPANY IN 1752 (2)