Lot Essay
Neal & Back note that these pistols belonged to the 4th Duke of Atholl.
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THE BLAIR CHARITABLE TRUST, REMOVED FROM BLAIR CASTLE, BLAIR ATHOLL, SCOTLAND
A PAIR OF FLINTLOCK DUELLING PISTOLS
THE LOCKS BY TWIGG, LONDON, CIRCA 1780
Details
A PAIR OF FLINTLOCK DUELLING PISTOLS
THE LOCKS BY TWIGG, LONDON, CIRCA 1780
With earlier Austrian two stage swamped sighted barrels each struck with two maker's marks on the octagonal breech section (Der Neue Støckel 5923 and 1888), gold lined touch holes, signed flat bevelled locks each with stepped tail and roller, walnut full stocks each with flat-sided butt cut with diamond chequering with dots, continental iron mounts almost certainly from the same Austrian pistols as the barrels, one retaining horn tipped ramrod, possibly original
13 ½ in. (34.3 cm) overall
THE LOCKS BY TWIGG, LONDON, CIRCA 1780
With earlier Austrian two stage swamped sighted barrels each struck with two maker's marks on the octagonal breech section (Der Neue Støckel 5923 and 1888), gold lined touch holes, signed flat bevelled locks each with stepped tail and roller, walnut full stocks each with flat-sided butt cut with diamond chequering with dots, continental iron mounts almost certainly from the same Austrian pistols as the barrels, one retaining horn tipped ramrod, possibly original
13 ½ in. (34.3 cm) overall
Literature
W. Keith Neal & D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers 1740-1790, London, 1975, pp. 84 and 145.
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