SIGNED BARKER, CIRCA 1770
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A Pair Of 38-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Pistols
Signed Barker, circa 1770
With three-stage turn-off cannon barrels, border engraved actions each signed on a ribbon and finely engraved with rococo ornament, engraved sliding trigger-guard safety-catches, swelling figured walnut butts inlaid with silver wire scrollwork, and silver grotesque mask butt-caps, London proof marks, Birmingham silver hallmarks, maker's mark of Charles Freeth
11in. (27.9cm.)
The signature is probably that of Matthew Barker of 14 Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham (2)
Signed Barker, circa 1770
With three-stage turn-off cannon barrels, border engraved actions each signed on a ribbon and finely engraved with rococo ornament, engraved sliding trigger-guard safety-catches, swelling figured walnut butts inlaid with silver wire scrollwork, and silver grotesque mask butt-caps, London proof marks, Birmingham silver hallmarks, maker's mark of Charles Freeth
11in. (27.9cm.)
The signature is probably that of Matthew Barker of 14 Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham (2)