BY JOHN COLLIS, OXFORD, BIRMINGHAM SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1777
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A Pair Of 22-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Pistols
By John Collis, Oxford, Birmingham silver hallmarks for 1777
With fixed two-stage cannon barrels each with a stepped moulding at the muzzle, rounded actions signed within engraved rococo decoration, engraved thumbpiece safety-catches, rounded figured walnut butts finely inlaid with a martial trophy and scrollwork in silver wire, silver escutcheons engraved with owner's initials WC, silver grotesque mask pommels, and later horn-tipped ramrods (some wear to barrels and actions, one steel-tip replaced)
12in. (30.5cm.) (2)
By John Collis, Oxford, Birmingham silver hallmarks for 1777
With fixed two-stage cannon barrels each with a stepped moulding at the muzzle, rounded actions signed within engraved rococo decoration, engraved thumbpiece safety-catches, rounded figured walnut butts finely inlaid with a martial trophy and scrollwork in silver wire, silver escutcheons engraved with owner's initials WC, silver grotesque mask pommels, and later horn-tipped ramrods (some wear to barrels and actions, one steel-tip replaced)
12in. (30.5cm.) (2)