BY JOHN KNUBLEY, CHARING CROSS, LONDON, CIRCA 1785-90

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An Unusual Pair Of 48-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Pocket Pistols
By John Knubley, Charing Cross, London, circa 1785-90
With short turn-off barrels (minor bruising) each with a stepped moulding to the rear of the lug for the barrel key, one breech numbered '1', signed actions finely engraved with rococo designs on a hatched ground, raised pans, engraved thumbpiece safety-catches also locking the steels, folding triggers, and flat-sided figured walnut butts (one bruised) each with unusually elaborate engraved silver escutcheon, and, on each side, a shaped plaque finely engraved with rococo designs en suite with the action and framing a barrel key, London proof marks
6in. (15.3cm.) (2)

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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

Cf. a very similar pair of Knubley pocket pistols offered at Christie's East, New York, 30 November 1999, lot 185

John Knubley, sword cutler and gunmaker, is recorded in Charing Cross between 1785 and 1794

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