Lot Essay
Cf. a similar pistol signed Twigg, described and illustrated in W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers 1740-1790, p. 55, plate 153
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SIGNED WHITEHERN, ABINGDON, CIRCA 1800
Details
An Unusual 50-Bore All-Steel Flintlock Box-Lock Pocket Pistol
Signed Whitehern, Abingdon, circa 1800
With turn-off barrel numbered '1', signed action engraved with flowers, foliage, and trophies of arms, thumbpiece safety-catch, folding trigger, and flat-sided butt, the sides engraved at the border with a band of overlapping foliage
5¾in. (14.6cm.)
Signed Whitehern, Abingdon, circa 1800
With turn-off barrel numbered '1', signed action engraved with flowers, foliage, and trophies of arms, thumbpiece safety-catch, folding trigger, and flat-sided butt, the sides engraved at the border with a band of overlapping foliage
5¾in. (14.6cm.)
Literature
H.L. Blackmore, Firearms, p. 110
Special notice
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