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BY JOHN MANTON AND SON, DOVER STREET, LONDON, CIRCA 1824
Details
A Fine Cased Pair Of 38-Bore Percussion Box-Lock Pistols
By John Manton and Son, Dover Street, London, circa 1824
With fixed case-hardened octagonal sighted barrels each signed in full on the top flat and with an engraved band of ornament at the muzzle, pierced platinum plugs, case-hardened actions finely engraved with scrollwork and each with small safety-catch, blued folding triggers, finely chequered figured walnut butts, silver escutcheons each engraved with owner's initial 'J', blued stirrup ramrods, and nearly all their original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories including three-way powder-flask covered in red leather (base-plate detached), the lid with trade label for circa 1820-25, London proof marks
6¾in. (17.2cm.)
By John Manton and Son, Dover Street, London, circa 1824
With fixed case-hardened octagonal sighted barrels each signed in full on the top flat and with an engraved band of ornament at the muzzle, pierced platinum plugs, case-hardened actions finely engraved with scrollwork and each with small safety-catch, blued folding triggers, finely chequered figured walnut butts, silver escutcheons each engraved with owner's initial 'J', blued stirrup ramrods, and nearly all their original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories including three-way powder-flask covered in red leather (base-plate detached), the lid with trade label for circa 1820-25, London proof marks
6¾in. (17.2cm.)
Literature
W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, The Mantons: Gunmakers, p. 104, plate 26
D.H.L. Back, The Mantons 1782-1878, p. 54, plate 20
D.H.L. Back, The Mantons 1782-1878, p. 54, plate 20
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.