Lot 108
108
A RARE JAMES II FLINTLOCK SERVICE PISTOL with three-stage barrel, octagonal breech changing to polygonal and struck with maker's mark of Edward 1 Nicholson (Neue Støckel 7987) on the top flat, walnut full stock with raised apron around the barrel tang, thin iron trigger-guard, brass pommel, and single turned brass ramrod-pipe (lock and ramrod missing), London proof marks, in stitched black leather saddle-holster, circa 1690; and another, similar (stock damaged), in saddle holster (rim missing), circa 1690

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A RARE JAMES II FLINTLOCK SERVICE PISTOL with three-stage barrel, octagonal breech changing to polygonal and struck with maker's mark of Edward 1 Nicholson (Neue Støckel 7987) on the top flat, walnut full stock with raised apron around the barrel tang, thin iron trigger-guard, brass pommel, and single turned brass ramrod-pipe (lock and ramrod missing), London proof marks, in stitched black leather saddle-holster, circa 1690; and another, similar (stock damaged), in saddle holster (rim missing), circa 1690
20½in. (4)

Lot Essay

This and the following four lots were possibly used by a militia raised by Sir John Gell's son, also called John (1612/3-1689) or by his grandson, Philip (1651-1719). The former was Member of Parliament for Derbyshire from 1671 until his death in 1689, and High Sheriff for the County in 1673. The latter was Member of Parliament for Derbyshire in 1689 and was the founder of the almshouses at Hopton

Edward 1 Nicholson was Free of the Gunmakers Co. in 1674 and Master in 1697. He was Contractor to the Ordnance from 1687 to 1711, to the East India Co. in 1700, and to the Hudson's Bay Co. from 1687 to 1712

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