拍品专文
William Staples was a Birmingham gunmaker recorded in Bull Street between 1766 and 1770 who is known to have had his guns proved in London
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BY W. STAPLES, CIRCA 1770
细节
A 20-BORE FLINTLOCK PISTOL
BY W. STAPLES, CIRCA 1770
With three-stage swamped sighted barrel engraved with a spray of foliage at the breech, engraved iron tang, border engraved rounded lock signed 'W. STAPLES' and engraved with a spray of foliage on the tail, walnut full stock with raised apron carved with a shell around the barrel-tang, engraved brass mounts including pierced rococo side-plate, shaped brass rococo escutcheon, and later wooden ramrod, London proof mark and incomplete maker's mark
8¼in (20.9cm) barrel
BY W. STAPLES, CIRCA 1770
With three-stage swamped sighted barrel engraved with a spray of foliage at the breech, engraved iron tang, border engraved rounded lock signed 'W. STAPLES' and engraved with a spray of foliage on the tail, walnut full stock with raised apron carved with a shell around the barrel-tang, engraved brass mounts including pierced rococo side-plate, shaped brass rococo escutcheon, and later wooden ramrod, London proof mark and incomplete maker's mark
8¼in (20.9cm) barrel