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A Cased Pair Of 32-Bore Percussion Duelling Pistols Decorated With Duellists On The Trigger-Guards
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A Cased Pair Of 32-Bore Percussion Duelling Pistols Decorated With Duellists On The Trigger-Guards By Westley Richards, 170 New Bond St., London, No. 513, Mid-19th Century With browned twist octagonal sighted barrels (some loss of finish) each signed in full in capitals along the top flat, border engraved case-hardened patent breeches each decorated with a scallop shell between platinum lines, pierced platinum plugs, foliate scroll engraved case-hardened tangs each with back-sight, border engraved case-hardened detented flat locks each signed in capitals and decorated with foliate scrollwork, dolphin hammers en suite and with safety-catch behind, figured half-stocks (one with small chip above the front of the lock) each with dark horn fore-end cap and chequered rounded butt, steel mounts comprising case-hardened ovoidal butt-caps each decorated with scrolling foliage on the flat, blued trigger-guards each serial numbered on the tang and decorated with a duellist in a landscape on the border engraved bow, trigger-plates each with engraved pineapple finial, vacant silver escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, no provision for ramrods, and retaining some original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with a few accessories including Dixon & Sons brass-mounted powder-flask with reeded bag-shaped body, and retaining much of its original finish (cut-off spring missing), the interior of the lid with maker's trade label, the exterior with circular vacant brass escutcheon centred on a circular flush-fitting brass carrying handle, Birmingham proof marks and barrelsmith's marks 23.9 cm. barrels Footnotes: William Westley Richards, whose London agent was William Bishop ('The Far-famed Bishop of Bond Street'), had a retail shop at 170 New Bond Street between 1826 and 1872 This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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A Cased Pair Of 32-Bore Percussion Duelling Pistols Decorated With Duellists On The Trigger-Guards By Westley Richards, 170 New Bond St., London, No. 513, Mid-19th Century With browned twist octagonal sighted barrels (some loss of finish) each signed in full in capitals along the top flat, border engraved case-hardened patent breeches each decorated with a scallop shell between platinum lines, pierced platinum plugs, foliate scroll engraved case-hardened tangs each with back-sight, border engraved case-hardened detented flat locks each signed in capitals and decorated with foliate scrollwork, dolphin hammers en suite and with safety-catch behind, figured half-stocks (one with small chip above the front of the lock) each with dark horn fore-end cap and chequered rounded butt, steel mounts comprising case-hardened ovoidal butt-caps each decorated with scrolling foliage on the flat, blued trigger-guards each serial numbered on the tang and decorated with a duellist in a landscape on the border engraved bow, trigger-plates each with engraved pineapple finial, vacant silver escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, no provision for ramrods, and retaining some original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with a few accessories including Dixon & Sons brass-mounted powder-flask with reeded bag-shaped body, and retaining much of its original finish (cut-off spring missing), the interior of the lid with maker's trade label, the exterior with circular vacant brass escutcheon centred on a circular flush-fitting brass carrying handle, Birmingham proof marks and barrelsmith's marks 23.9 cm. barrels Footnotes: William Westley Richards, whose London agent was William Bishop ('The Far-famed Bishop of Bond Street'), had a retail shop at 170 New Bond Street between 1826 and 1872 This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
Antique Pistols: Two English Private Collections
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