A CASED PAIR OF 28 BORE SILVER-MOUNTED PERCUSSION DUELLING PISTOLS BY ROBERT WOGDON, LONDON SILVE

A CASED PAIR OF 28 BORE SILVER-MOUNTED PERCUSSION DUELLING PISTOLS BY ROBERT WOGDON, LONDON SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1779, MAKER`S MARK IK converted from flintlock, with octagonal swamped barrels fitted with silver fore-sights and signed in gold capitals, engraved with a band of beadwork at the breeches and fitted with percussion bolsters with platinum plugs, engraved tangs with standing back-sights, bevelled locks signed in gold ovals beneath a rococo canopy, engraved with trophies on the tails, fitted with engraved hammers and blued bolt safety-catches (the steel parts with patches of rust throughout), figured walnut full stocks, characteristic flat sided butts (areas of bruising), full silver mounts finely cast and chased with rococo ornament, comprising side-plates pierced with a scrollwork design incorporating a sword, trigger-guards engraved with a central bouquet on the bows and with acorn finials, pommel caps chased with the seated figure of Brittania in a scrollwork frame, a pair of moulded ramrod-pipes, escutcheon engraved with the owner`s crest above the initials `WR`, engraved silver barrel bolt escutcheons, and one retaining an early horn-tipped ramrod (the other replaced): in a mahogany case of circa 1775-85, lined in green baize (areas of wear), the lid with brass carrying handle, with a leather powder-flask and turnscrew 37cm; 14 1/2in

The crest is probably that of Radcliffe.