Sale 9170
London, South Kensington
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19 July 2001
Price realised
GBP 999
Estimate
A Pair Of 120-Bore French Brass-Barrelled Flintlock Pistols By Brunon à Caen, Circa 1780 With three-stage barrels and pronounced moulding at the muzzles, plain iron tangs, signed rounded brass locks, walnut full stocks (one fore-end repaired) carved in relief with a spray of oak foliage behind each barrel tang, and with a floral spray behind each rear ramrod-pipe, iron mounts including spurred pommels, and brass-tipped ramrods (ramrod and pipes replaced on one pistol) 11in. (27.9cm.) (2)
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