Lot Essay
For a similar pair of pistols see W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, Messrs Griffin & Tow and W. Bailes, pp. 128-9, plate 59
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BY GRIFFIN & TOW, LONDON, CIRCA 1775
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A Pair Of 28-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Pistols
By Griffin & Tow, London, circa 1775
With turn-off cannon barrels, one engraved '1', border engraved actions signed within a foliate ribbon on each side, engraved thumbpiece safety-catches, engraved trigger-guards, swelling flat-sided figured walnut butts, silver grotesque mask pommels, and cast and chased silver escutcheons, in fine condition throughout, London proof marks, silver maker's mark of John King
10in. (25.4cm.) (2)
By Griffin & Tow, London, circa 1775
With turn-off cannon barrels, one engraved '1', border engraved actions signed within a foliate ribbon on each side, engraved thumbpiece safety-catches, engraved trigger-guards, swelling flat-sided figured walnut butts, silver grotesque mask pommels, and cast and chased silver escutcheons, in fine condition throughout, London proof marks, silver maker's mark of John King
10in. (25.4cm.) (2)
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