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A CASED 28-BORE D.B. FLINTLOCK CARRIAGE PISTOL
SIGNED JOHN MANTON & SON, DOVER STREET, CIRCA 1817
With browned twist barrels signed on the rib, engraved case-hardened recessed patent breeches each with platinum line and platinum-lined touch-hole, engraved case-hardened tang, signed engraved case-hardened bevelled locks each with pierced cock, safety-catch, roller, and rainproof pan, figured walnut half-stock, chequered butt, engraved blued iron mounts, blued trigger-plate with pineapple finial, silver escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, original brass-mounted ramrod, and nearly all its original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories including three-way flask covered in red leather, the lid with trade label and flush-fitting carrying handle, London proof marks
11½in.
SIGNED JOHN MANTON & SON, DOVER STREET, CIRCA 1817
With browned twist barrels signed on the rib, engraved case-hardened recessed patent breeches each with platinum line and platinum-lined touch-hole, engraved case-hardened tang, signed engraved case-hardened bevelled locks each with pierced cock, safety-catch, roller, and rainproof pan, figured walnut half-stock, chequered butt, engraved blued iron mounts, blued trigger-plate with pineapple finial, silver escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, original brass-mounted ramrod, and nearly all its original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories including three-way flask covered in red leather, the lid with trade label and flush-fitting carrying handle, London proof marks
11½in.
Literature
W. Keith Neal & D.H.L. Back, British Gunmakers Their Trade Cards, Cases & Equipment 1760-1860, plate 405