Lot Essay
William Hutchinson, 'Foreign' gunmaker, was allowed by the Gunmakers' Company to prove guns, 1721-31. He may be the Hutchinson who worked in partnership with Bidet
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BY W. HUTCHINSON, LONDON, CIRCA 1730
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A 16-BORE FLINTLOCK TURN-OFF PISTOL
By W. Hutchinson, London, circa 1730
With three-stage cannon barrel, signed breech engraved with acanthus foliage, shaped foliate tang, moulded figured walnut butt carved in relief with a shell, and inlaid with a cast and chased silver panel on each side of the barrel tang, engraved trigger-guard safety-catch, cast and chased silver mounts, pierced foliate side-plate, escutcheon with mask above and shell beneath and retaining traces of engraved crest and motto, and grotesque mask pommel (scattered minor surface pitting), London proof marks and Foreigner's mark
13¼in. (33.7cm.)
By W. Hutchinson, London, circa 1730
With three-stage cannon barrel, signed breech engraved with acanthus foliage, shaped foliate tang, moulded figured walnut butt carved in relief with a shell, and inlaid with a cast and chased silver panel on each side of the barrel tang, engraved trigger-guard safety-catch, cast and chased silver mounts, pierced foliate side-plate, escutcheon with mask above and shell beneath and retaining traces of engraved crest and motto, and grotesque mask pommel (scattered minor surface pitting), London proof marks and Foreigner's mark
13¼in. (33.7cm.)
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