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BY BENJAMIN GRIFFIN, BOND STREET, LONDON, CIRCA 1765
Details
A Pair Of 52-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Pocket Pistols
By Benjamin Griffin, Bond Street, London, circa 1765
With turn-off cannon barrels numbered respectively '1' and '2', signed border engraved actions decorated with foliage and signed within ribbons (one cock replaced), engraved trigger-guard safety-catches, and flat-sided figured walnut butts (minor bruising), one retaining part of an old handwritten label (each pistol with some scattered surface pitting), London proof marks and Foreigner's mark
7 3/8in. (18.7cm.) (2)
By Benjamin Griffin, Bond Street, London, circa 1765
With turn-off cannon barrels numbered respectively '1' and '2', signed border engraved actions decorated with foliage and signed within ribbons (one cock replaced), engraved trigger-guard safety-catches, and flat-sided figured walnut butts (minor bruising), one retaining part of an old handwritten label (each pistol with some scattered surface pitting), London proof marks and Foreigner's mark
7 3/8in. (18.7cm.) (2)
Literature
W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, Messrs Griffin & Tow and W. Bailes, p. 104, plate 42
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.