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512 A 14 BORE FLINTLOCK TRAVELLING PISTOL BY E & W BOND, LONDON, CIRCA 1826-30 with tapering sighted barrel with traces of signature, stamped ‘FINE STUBBS TWISTED’ and with London proof marks beneath (areas of light pitting) , engraved tang, signed stepped bolted lock fitted with ‘French’ cock (top-jaw and screw replaced), steel spring with roller and semi rainproof pan, figured walnut full stock, engraved brass mounts including trigger-guard with pineapple finial, elliptical butt-plate and vacant escutcheon, horn fore-end cap and horn-tipped wooden ramrod 12.8 cm; 5 ⅛ in barrel £200-250 513 A 15 BORE SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL BY BARBER, LONDON, CIRCA 1760 with associated barrel inscribed ‘London’, signed bevelled lock decorated with foliage and border ornament, walnut full stock inlaid with silver wire about the tang area (small repairs), iron trigger-guard with acorn finial silver trophy-of-arms side-plate, grotesque mask butt cap and vacant escutcheon (rubbed), and two iron ramrod-pipes (the engraving and marks on the barrel refreshed) 19.4 cm; 7 ⅝ in barrel
514 A 25 BORE FLINTLOCK TRAVELLING PISTOL BY W. BOND, LONDON, CIRCA 1810 with rebrowned signed octagonal barrel, engraved tang decorated with foliage, signed stepped lock fitted with bolt safety-catch, roller and engraved cock, figured walnut full stock, engraved brass mounts including trigger-guard with pineapple finial and butt-cap, and original brass-tipped ramrod with worm 10.0 cm; 4 in barrel £350-450 515 A 25 BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL BY R. WALLAR, CIRCA 1780 with two-stage brass barrel, signed and stamped with Irish Registration mark ‘ME1880’ for County Meath, engraved tang, border-engraved stepped lock, figured walnut full stock, flatsided butt, and engraved brass mounts including trigger-guard with acorn finial and engraved bow decorated with a rococo flower, and horn-tipped wooden ramrod 20.0 cm; 7 ⅞ in barrel £500-700
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