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Jean Lemaire was a Huguenot gunmaker, naturalised in 1710, and appointed Gunmaker to King George I in 1719
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BY JEAN LEMAIRE, LONDON, CIRCA 1710
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A Pair Of 60-Bore Flintlock Pocket Pistols
By Jean Lemaire, London, circa 1710
With turn-off cannon barrels, border engraved actions (top of one cock expertly replaced), octagonal breeches each signed on the top flat and with stepped ramp at the rear (minor wear and pitting), stud safety-catches, bridled pans, plain tangs, moulded globose walnut butts each with artificially heightened figuring and secured by a single screw passing through the barrel tang, and exposed triggers
7¾in. (19.7cm.) (2)
By Jean Lemaire, London, circa 1710
With turn-off cannon barrels, border engraved actions (top of one cock expertly replaced), octagonal breeches each signed on the top flat and with stepped ramp at the rear (minor wear and pitting), stud safety-catches, bridled pans, plain tangs, moulded globose walnut butts each with artificially heightened figuring and secured by a single screw passing through the barrel tang, and exposed triggers
7¾in. (19.7cm.) (2)
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