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BY THOMAS KETLAND, BIRMINGHAM, BIRMINGHAM SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1773
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A 25-Bore Silver-Mounted Flintlock Holster Pistol
By Thomas Ketland, Birmingham, Birmingham silver hallmarks for 1773
With lightly belled two-stage brass barrel florally engraved on the octagonal breech section (swollen), signed and engraved flat bevelled lock (pitted) with stepped tail, roller, and large safety-catch, figured walnut full stock carved with a shell in relief behind the barrel tang, full silver mounts including cast and chased side-plate pierced with floral designs, rococo escutcheon engraved with initials, and engraved spurred pommel with grotesque mask cap, and original silver-tipped horn ramrod (incomplete), Birmingham proof marks, silver maker's mark of Charles Freeth (some wear throughout, with old repairs)
141/8in. (35.9cm.)
By Thomas Ketland, Birmingham, Birmingham silver hallmarks for 1773
With lightly belled two-stage brass barrel florally engraved on the octagonal breech section (swollen), signed and engraved flat bevelled lock (pitted) with stepped tail, roller, and large safety-catch, figured walnut full stock carved with a shell in relief behind the barrel tang, full silver mounts including cast and chased side-plate pierced with floral designs, rococo escutcheon engraved with initials, and engraved spurred pommel with grotesque mask cap, and original silver-tipped horn ramrod (incomplete), Birmingham proof marks, silver maker's mark of Charles Freeth (some wear throughout, with old repairs)
141/8in. (35.9cm.)
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