A 22-Bore Silver-Mounted Flintlock Turn-Off Pistol
A 22-Bore Silver-Mounted Flintlock Turn-Off Pistol

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.)

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