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BY EDWARD BOND, LOMBARD ST., LONDON, BIRMINGHAM SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1786
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A Pair Of 40-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Pocket Pistols
By Edward Bond, Lombard St., London, Birmingham silver hallmarks for 1786
With turn-off barrels each engraved at the muzzle and breech with a band of foliage, one numbered '1', signed border engraved actions each decorated with martial trophies, flowers and foliage (one top jaw and screw replaced, one steel associated), engraved thumbpiece safety-catches (one incomplete) also locking the steels, engraved trigger-guards, swelling figured walnut butts, border engraved silver escutcheons, and engraved silver pommels (some wear to engraving and some pitting), London proof marks, silver maker's mark of Charles Freeth
7¼in. (18.4cm.) (2)
By Edward Bond, Lombard St., London, Birmingham silver hallmarks for 1786
With turn-off barrels each engraved at the muzzle and breech with a band of foliage, one numbered '1', signed border engraved actions each decorated with martial trophies, flowers and foliage (one top jaw and screw replaced, one steel associated), engraved thumbpiece safety-catches (one incomplete) also locking the steels, engraved trigger-guards, swelling figured walnut butts, border engraved silver escutcheons, and engraved silver pommels (some wear to engraving and some pitting), London proof marks, silver maker's mark of Charles Freeth
7¼in. (18.4cm.) (2)
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