Lot Essay
Meredith & Moxham were in partnership between 1820 and 1823 at 30 Moland St., Birmingham.
THE FIRST SIGNED MEREDITH & MOXHAM, LONDON, ALL 19TH CENTURY
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A 140-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Pocket Pistol, A Midshipman's Dirk, And An Indian Choora
The first signed Meredith & Moxham, London, all 19th Century
The first with reblued turn-off barrel, signed action engraved with a martial trophy on each side, rollers, engraved thumbpiece safety-catch also locking the steel, folding trigger, figured flat-sided walnut butt, and vacant silver escutcheon, Birmingham proof marks; the second with tapering double-edged blade etched and gilt with scrolls of foliage against a blued ground, hilt with gilt-brass mounts, turned ivory grip (cracked), and original brass scabbard retaining some gilding; the last with engraved white metal hilt and ivory grip-scales, in leather-covered scabbard with embossed brass mounts
The first 4in. (12.1cm.) (3)
The first signed Meredith & Moxham, London, all 19th Century
The first with reblued turn-off barrel, signed action engraved with a martial trophy on each side, rollers, engraved thumbpiece safety-catch also locking the steel, folding trigger, figured flat-sided walnut butt, and vacant silver escutcheon, Birmingham proof marks; the second with tapering double-edged blade etched and gilt with scrolls of foliage against a blued ground, hilt with gilt-brass mounts, turned ivory grip (cracked), and original brass scabbard retaining some gilding; the last with engraved white metal hilt and ivory grip-scales, in leather-covered scabbard with embossed brass mounts
The first 4in. (12.1cm.) (3)