THE FIRST SIGNED SIMMONS, LONDON, EARLY 19TH CENTURY, THE SECOND SIGNED HAMPSON & THELWELL, CIRCA 1820
细节
A 140-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Pocket Pistol, And Another Of 40-Bore
The first signed Simmons, London, early 19th Century, the second signed Hampson & Thelwell, circa 1820
The first with turn-off barrel numbered '1', signed engraved action, engraved thumbpiece safety-catch, folding trigger retaining some blued finish, flat-sided figured walnut butt (bruised), and silver escutcheon, Birmingham proof marks; the second with reblued turn-off barrel, signed rounded action engraved with a martial trophy on each side, rollers, engraved thumbpiece safety-catch also locking the steel, reblued folding trigger, swelling chequered walnut butt, and silver escutcheon, Birmingham proof marks
4¾in. (12cm.) and 61/8in. (15.5cm.) (2)
The first signed Simmons, London, early 19th Century, the second signed Hampson & Thelwell, circa 1820
The first with turn-off barrel numbered '1', signed engraved action, engraved thumbpiece safety-catch, folding trigger retaining some blued finish, flat-sided figured walnut butt (bruised), and silver escutcheon, Birmingham proof marks; the second with reblued turn-off barrel, signed rounded action engraved with a martial trophy on each side, rollers, engraved thumbpiece safety-catch also locking the steel, reblued folding trigger, swelling chequered walnut butt, and silver escutcheon, Birmingham proof marks
4¾in. (12cm.) and 61/8in. (15.5cm.) (2)
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