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BY JOHN TWIGG, LONDON, LONDON SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1772
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A Fine Pair Of 18-Bore Silver-Mounted Flintlock Holster Pistols
By John Twigg, London, London silver hallmarks for 1772
With slightly belled two-stage barrels (some light pitting), octagonal then sixteen-sided and each with silver spider fore-sight, the breech sections signed on the top flat and engraved with a band of beadwork at the rear, finely engraved tangs, bevelled locks each retained by two side-nails and with stepped tail, engraved safety-catch, and second form of signature (top of cocks expertly replaced), moulded figured walnut full stocks (minor bruising, one butt repaired, one fore-end tip cracked) finely carved in relief with a double shell behind the barrel tang, full cast and chased silver mounts in rococo taste, pierced side-plates, spurred pommels each with grotesque mask cap, trigger-guards with floral finial, escutcheons engraved with owner's crest, and horn-tipped ramrods, one with worm (the other replaced), London proof marks, silver maker's mark of John King
15¾in. (40cm.) (2)
By John Twigg, London, London silver hallmarks for 1772
With slightly belled two-stage barrels (some light pitting), octagonal then sixteen-sided and each with silver spider fore-sight, the breech sections signed on the top flat and engraved with a band of beadwork at the rear, finely engraved tangs, bevelled locks each retained by two side-nails and with stepped tail, engraved safety-catch, and second form of signature (top of cocks expertly replaced), moulded figured walnut full stocks (minor bruising, one butt repaired, one fore-end tip cracked) finely carved in relief with a double shell behind the barrel tang, full cast and chased silver mounts in rococo taste, pierced side-plates, spurred pommels each with grotesque mask cap, trigger-guards with floral finial, escutcheons engraved with owner's crest, and horn-tipped ramrods, one with worm (the other replaced), London proof marks, silver maker's mark of John King
15¾in. (40cm.) (2)
Provenance
A.J.P. Penrose
Literature
W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers 1740-1790, pp. 137-8
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.