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BY JOSEPH GRIFFIN, LONDON, LONDON SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1767
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A FINE PAIR OF 20-BORE SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS
By Joseph Griffin, London, London silver hallmarks for 1767
With slightly belled sighted barrels each retaining some original blued finish, signed in gold capital letters within a loop on the top flat of the breech, and engraved with a band of beadwork at the rear, gold-lined touch-holes, engraved tangs, signed flat border engraved bevelled locks each with safety-catch and stepped tail, and each engraved with flowers and foliage and signed on a foliate ribbon (one cock cracked), moulded figured walnut full stocks (one fore-end cracked) each carved with shells in relief at the barrel tang, full silver mounts cast and chased with rococo ornament in relief, pierced side-plates, escutcheons each engraved with owner's crest and initials 'RG', spurred pommels each with grotesque mask cap, engraved trigger-guards each with foliate finial, turned ramrod-pipes, and original horn-tipped ramrods, each with worm (some surface rust), London proof marks, silver maker's mark of John King
16in. (40.7cm.) (2)
By Joseph Griffin, London, London silver hallmarks for 1767
With slightly belled sighted barrels each retaining some original blued finish, signed in gold capital letters within a loop on the top flat of the breech, and engraved with a band of beadwork at the rear, gold-lined touch-holes, engraved tangs, signed flat border engraved bevelled locks each with safety-catch and stepped tail, and each engraved with flowers and foliage and signed on a foliate ribbon (one cock cracked), moulded figured walnut full stocks (one fore-end cracked) each carved with shells in relief at the barrel tang, full silver mounts cast and chased with rococo ornament in relief, pierced side-plates, escutcheons each engraved with owner's crest and initials 'RG', spurred pommels each with grotesque mask cap, engraved trigger-guards each with foliate finial, turned ramrod-pipes, and original horn-tipped ramrods, each with worm (some surface rust), London proof marks, silver maker's mark of John King
16in. (40.7cm.) (2)
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