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BY BENJAMIN GRIFFIN, BOND STREET, LONDON, CIRCA 1755
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A 22-Bore Silver-Mounted Flintlock Turn-Off Pistol
By Benjamin Griffin, Bond Street, London, circa 1755
With three-stage cannon barrel numbered '2', signed breech engraved with foliage, engraved tang, border engraved action (jaw-screw replaced), engraved sliding trigger-guard safety-catch, figured swelling walnut butt (minor bruising), cast and chased silver mounts comprising martial trophy side-plate and escutcheon, the latter engraved with a crest, and grotesque mask pommel (minor pitting and discolouration), London proof marks and Foreigner's mark, London silver maker's mark JA
12in. (30.5cm.)
By Benjamin Griffin, Bond Street, London, circa 1755
With three-stage cannon barrel numbered '2', signed breech engraved with foliage, engraved tang, border engraved action (jaw-screw replaced), engraved sliding trigger-guard safety-catch, figured swelling walnut butt (minor bruising), cast and chased silver mounts comprising martial trophy side-plate and escutcheon, the latter engraved with a crest, and grotesque mask pommel (minor pitting and discolouration), London proof marks and Foreigner's mark, London silver maker's mark JA
12in. (30.5cm.)