Lot 218
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A Fine 26-Bore D.B. Flintlock Carriage Pistol
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A Fine 26-Bore D.B. Flintlock Carriage Pistol

BY JOSEPH BUNNEY, BIRMINGHAM, CIRCA 1765

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A Fine 26-Bore D.B. Flintlock Carriage Pistol
By Joseph Bunney, Birmingham, circa 1765
With two-stage barrels each chiselled on the octagonal breech with panels of rococo ornament in low relief enclosing a scroll signed 'Bunney: London' on the top flat, all on a punched ground, silver fore-sight, three barrel-bolts, grooved engraved tang, signed border engraved bevelled locks decorated with foliage and with engraved safety-catches (one cock and both lock retaining screws expertly replaced), figured walnut full stock carved in relief with shells at the barrel tang (small chip from fore-end tip), engraved iron mounts including trigger-guard with first pattern acorn finial, and spurred pommel with cast and chased silver grotesque mask cap, silver escutcheon, and original horn-tipped ramrod (some minor surface pitting, mainly at the touch-holes), Tower private proof marks
15in. (38.1cm.)
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

Cf. a very similar pistol, almost certainly produced in the same workshop (although signed 'Hadley'), sold from the W. Keith Neal Collection in these Rooms, 8 November 1995, lot 269 (£2,990 including premium)

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