Lot Essay
James Peddell, Sr. (d. 1723) came from Somerton, Somerset, was apprenticed to John Silke in 1675, free of the Gunmakers' Company in 1682, and Master in 1703-4
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BY JAMES PEDDELL, SR., LONDON, CIRCA 1690
Details
A Fine 100-Bore Rifled Flintlock Pocket Pistol
By James Peddell, Sr., London, circa 1690
With turn-off cannon barrel cut with eight grooves and fitted with retaining link, the breech section octagonal then polygonal and engraved with strawberry foliage, engraved tang, signed rounded lock engraved with strawberry foliage (top jaw replaced), moulded field maple half-stock (small chip), engraved iron mounts, pierced flat side-plate, spurred pommel cut with spiral flutes, shaped escutcheon engraved with caricature profile bust, long engraved trigger-plate, and acorn trigger without guard (some light pitting), London proof marks
7½in. (19cm.)
By James Peddell, Sr., London, circa 1690
With turn-off cannon barrel cut with eight grooves and fitted with retaining link, the breech section octagonal then polygonal and engraved with strawberry foliage, engraved tang, signed rounded lock engraved with strawberry foliage (top jaw replaced), moulded field maple half-stock (small chip), engraved iron mounts, pierced flat side-plate, spurred pommel cut with spiral flutes, shaped escutcheon engraved with caricature profile bust, long engraved trigger-plate, and acorn trigger without guard (some light pitting), London proof marks
7½in. (19cm.)
Literature
W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers 1540-1740, pp. 190-1, plates 62a, b
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.