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BY T. HUGHES, CORK, CIRCA 1740
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A Rare 16-Bore Irish Silver-Mounted Flintlock Pistol Of 'Queen Anne' Type
By T. Hughes, Cork, circa 1740
With fixed three-stage cannon barrel signed on the engraved octagonal then polygonal breech, engraved tang, border engraved action (cock repaired, top jaw and screw replaced), engraved trigger-guard, figured walnut butt carved with foliage behind the barrel tang, silver mounts comprising pierced foliate side-plate, foliate escutcheon, and grotesque mask pommel, and later ramrod mounted beneath the barrel (some pitting)
12in. (32.4cm.)
By T. Hughes, Cork, circa 1740
With fixed three-stage cannon barrel signed on the engraved octagonal then polygonal breech, engraved tang, border engraved action (cock repaired, top jaw and screw replaced), engraved trigger-guard, figured walnut butt carved with foliage behind the barrel tang, silver mounts comprising pierced foliate side-plate, foliate escutcheon, and grotesque mask pommel, and later ramrod mounted beneath the barrel (some pitting)
12in. (32.4cm.)