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A PAIR OF PERCUSSION OFFICER'S PISTOLS with browned twist octagonal sighted barrels engraved 'London' on the top flats, engraved case-hardened breeches with platinum line and plug, engraved case-hardened tangs, signed case-hardened foliate scroll engraved bolted locks (one mainspring broken), figured walnut full stocks, chequered butts, vacant silver escutcheons, blued steel mounts including foliate scroll engraved trigger-guards with pineapple finial, stirrup ramrods, horn fore-end caps, and nearly all their original finish: in original fitted mahogany case lined in plum velvet and with some accessories including brass powder/shot measure, Sykes copper flask, and bullet mould, the lid with folding brass carrying handle, by Hamburger & Co., London, Birmingham proof marks, circa 1825 14in.