Sale 9436
London, King Street-South Kensington Offsite sale
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18 July 2002
Price realised
GBP 4,182
Estimate
A FINE PAIR OF 100-BORE FLINTLOCK BOX-LOCK POCKET PISTOLS By Westley Richards, London, circa 1815 With engraved blued turn-off barrels (one with vice marks), signed scroll engraved actions, rectangular pans, rollers, blued steel-springs, top jaws, screws and thumbpiece safety-catches, walnut butts finely inlaid with silver wire scrollwork bearing acorns, flowers, foliage, and bunches of grapes, engraved silver escutcheons and butt-caps, blued folding triggers, and most of their original finish, London proof marks (2)
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