INSCRIBED MANTON, CIRCA 1800
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A HIGHLY UNUSUAL PAIR OF 28-BORE INDIAN FLINTLOCK DUELLING PISTOLS IN THE ENGLISH MANNER
INSCRIBED MANTON, CIRCA 1800
WITH REBROWNED TWIST SIGHTED BARRELS OF SQUARE SECTION EACH WITH SPURIOUS GOLD-LINED STAMP 'W. PARKER HOLBORN LONDON' ON THE BREECH AND SINGLE GOLD LINE AND GOLD-LINED TOUCH-HOLE, BLUED GOLD-INLAID TANGS EACH INCORPORATING THE BACK-SIGHT, BLUED GOLD-INLAID LOCKS EACH WITH SPURIOUS GOLD SIGNATURE, ROLLER, AND GOLD-LINED RAINPROOF PAN, FIGURED HALF-STOCKS, CHEQUERED BUTTS APART FROM A PLAIN STRIP ON EACH SIDE, ENGRAVED SILVER MOUNTS INCLUDING TRIGGER-GUARDS WITH ACORN FINIAL, AND SILVER-TIPPED RAMRODS
14½IN. (36.8CM.) (2)
INSCRIBED MANTON, CIRCA 1800
WITH REBROWNED TWIST SIGHTED BARRELS OF SQUARE SECTION EACH WITH SPURIOUS GOLD-LINED STAMP 'W. PARKER HOLBORN LONDON' ON THE BREECH AND SINGLE GOLD LINE AND GOLD-LINED TOUCH-HOLE, BLUED GOLD-INLAID TANGS EACH INCORPORATING THE BACK-SIGHT, BLUED GOLD-INLAID LOCKS EACH WITH SPURIOUS GOLD SIGNATURE, ROLLER, AND GOLD-LINED RAINPROOF PAN, FIGURED HALF-STOCKS, CHEQUERED BUTTS APART FROM A PLAIN STRIP ON EACH SIDE, ENGRAVED SILVER MOUNTS INCLUDING TRIGGER-GUARDS WITH ACORN FINIAL, AND SILVER-TIPPED RAMRODS
14½IN. (36.8CM.) (2)