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The firm of George Hunter & Co., is recorded as a military supplier and outfitter at 23 Princes Street from 1815 to 1822
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SIGNED G. HUNTER & CO., PRINCES STREET, EDINBURGH, CIRCA 1820
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A Fine Cased Pair Of 20-Bore Flintlock Highland Dress Pistols With Silver Barrels And Stocks
Signed G. Hunter & Co., Princes Street, Edinburgh, circa 1820
With four-stage barrels polygonal at the muzzle and spirally fluted at the breech, the central section engraved with scrollwork on a hatched ground, signed locks engraved with scrollwork and foliage and each with rainproof pan, blued roller, steel-spring, safety-catch, and retaining screws, three-quarter stocks engraved with thistles, strapwork, and scrollwork, some on a hatched ground, 'ram's horn' butts with detachable prickers in the form of a thistle, silver-mounted cairngorm triggers in the form of an acorn, engraved blued belt hooks, bright steel ramrods, and nearly all their original finish: in fitted case covered with tooled leather and lined with plum velvet, with silver three-way flask, the lid with gilt-copper escutcheon
13¾in. (34.9cm.) (2)
Signed G. Hunter & Co., Princes Street, Edinburgh, circa 1820
With four-stage barrels polygonal at the muzzle and spirally fluted at the breech, the central section engraved with scrollwork on a hatched ground, signed locks engraved with scrollwork and foliage and each with rainproof pan, blued roller, steel-spring, safety-catch, and retaining screws, three-quarter stocks engraved with thistles, strapwork, and scrollwork, some on a hatched ground, 'ram's horn' butts with detachable prickers in the form of a thistle, silver-mounted cairngorm triggers in the form of an acorn, engraved blued belt hooks, bright steel ramrods, and nearly all their original finish: in fitted case covered with tooled leather and lined with plum velvet, with silver three-way flask, the lid with gilt-copper escutcheon
13¾in. (34.9cm.) (2)
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
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