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A PAIR OF 20-BORE BRASS-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS
BY I. HICKIN, BIRMINGHAM (?), CIRCA 1760
The slightly swamped barrels engraved with rococo ornament at the breech, engraved tangs, signed rounded locks (one cock replaced), figured walnut full stocks each carved with a shell behind the barrel tang, border engraved mounts comprising solid side-plates, escutcheons cast and chased with rococo ornament and engraved with owner's initials R+C, spurred pommels with groteque mask caps, trigger-guards with acorn finial, and turned ramrod-pipes, and original brass-capped ramrods (one repaired), Birmingham private proof marks
13¾in. (2)
BY I. HICKIN, BIRMINGHAM (?), CIRCA 1760
The slightly swamped barrels engraved with rococo ornament at the breech, engraved tangs, signed rounded locks (one cock replaced), figured walnut full stocks each carved with a shell behind the barrel tang, border engraved mounts comprising solid side-plates, escutcheons cast and chased with rococo ornament and engraved with owner's initials R+C, spurred pommels with groteque mask caps, trigger-guards with acorn finial, and turned ramrod-pipes, and original brass-capped ramrods (one repaired), Birmingham private proof marks
13¾in. (2)