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BY BENJAMIN GRIFFIN, LONDON, CIRCA 1765
細節
A Fine Pair Of 22-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Belt Pistols
By Benjamin Griffin, London, circa 1765
With three-stage turn-off cannon barrels numbered respectively '1' and '2', border engraved actions signed on one side on a ribbon within rococo ornament and fitted with belt hook on the other side (top jaws and screws replaced), engraved trigger-guard safety-catches, swelling flat-sided figured walnut butts (minor damage), silver grotesque mask pommels, and silver escutcheons with shell above and grotesque mask beneath, each engraved with owner's crest, London proof marks and Foreigner's mark, silver maker's mark JA
14in. (35.6cm.) (2)
By Benjamin Griffin, London, circa 1765
With three-stage turn-off cannon barrels numbered respectively '1' and '2', border engraved actions signed on one side on a ribbon within rococo ornament and fitted with belt hook on the other side (top jaws and screws replaced), engraved trigger-guard safety-catches, swelling flat-sided figured walnut butts (minor damage), silver grotesque mask pommels, and silver escutcheons with shell above and grotesque mask beneath, each engraved with owner's crest, London proof marks and Foreigner's mark, silver maker's mark JA
14in. (35.6cm.) (2)
出版
W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers 1740-1790, p. 108, plates 372-3
Idem, Messrs Griffin & Tow and W. Bailes, pp. 105-6, plates 43a, b
Idem, Messrs Griffin & Tow and W. Bailes, pp. 105-6, plates 43a, b
注意事項
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.