BY WESTLEY RICHARDS, BIRMINGHAM SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1820
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An 80-Bore Silver-Mounted Over-And-Under Flintlock Pocket Pistol
By Westley Richards, Birmingham silver hallmarks for 1820
With flat-sided barrels engraved with a band of foliage at the muzzles, the upper barrel signed and sighted, platinum-lined vents, engraved tang, engraved case-hardened locks each with rainproof pan, safety-catch, pierced and engraved cock, and blued external mainspring, chequered walnut butt incorporating a blued iron ramrod, engraved silver trigger-guard and pommel, blued triggers, silver escutcheon, and some original finish, Birmingham proof marks, silver maker's mark F & J
7in. (17.8cm.)
Cf. a very similar pistol sold in Christie's, 27 September 1995, Lot 155
By Westley Richards, Birmingham silver hallmarks for 1820
With flat-sided barrels engraved with a band of foliage at the muzzles, the upper barrel signed and sighted, platinum-lined vents, engraved tang, engraved case-hardened locks each with rainproof pan, safety-catch, pierced and engraved cock, and blued external mainspring, chequered walnut butt incorporating a blued iron ramrod, engraved silver trigger-guard and pommel, blued triggers, silver escutcheon, and some original finish, Birmingham proof marks, silver maker's mark F & J
7in. (17.8cm.)
Cf. a very similar pistol sold in Christie's, 27 September 1995, Lot 155