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A 22-Bore Flintlock Holster Pistol
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London, United Kingdom
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A 22-Bore Flintlock Holster Pistol By John Hosey Of London, Circa 1700 With swamped two-stage barrel (possibly relengthened), plain tang, border engraved rounded lock (cock and mainspring replaced) signed in capitals and decorated with foliate scrollwork, 18th century full stock (fore-end mostly replaced) carved with a shell behind the barrel tang, iron mounts comprising side-plate chiselled as a serpent with pierced scrolling tail, chiselled escutcheon retaining traces of engraved profile portrait bust, spurred pommel with faint traces of engraved decoration and chiselled grotesque mask cap, trigger-guard with pierced foliate finial and faint traces of an engraved bird on the bow, replaced baluster ramrod-pipe, and later wooden ramrod (iron parts pitted), London proof marks and indistinct barrelsmith's mark, probably of Hosey 30.5 cm. barrel Footnotes: John Hosey was apprenticed to John Price in 1678. Free of the Gunmakers' Company in 1687 he was elected Master in 1719. He died in 1727 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 22-Bore Flintlock Holster Pistol By John Hosey Of London, Circa 1700 With swamped two-stage barrel (possibly relengthened), plain tang, border engraved rounded lock (cock and mainspring replaced) signed in capitals and decorated with foliate scrollwork, 18th century full stock (fore-end mostly replaced) carved with a shell behind the barrel tang, iron mounts comprising side-plate chiselled as a serpent with pierced scrolling tail, chiselled escutcheon retaining traces of engraved profile portrait bust, spurred pommel with faint traces of engraved decoration and chiselled grotesque mask cap, trigger-guard with pierced foliate finial and faint traces of an engraved bird on the bow, replaced baluster ramrod-pipe, and later wooden ramrod (iron parts pitted), London proof marks and indistinct barrelsmith's mark, probably of Hosey 30.5 cm. barrel Footnotes: John Hosey was apprenticed to John Price in 1678. Free of the Gunmakers' Company in 1687 he was elected Master in 1719. He died in 1727 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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Montpelier St Knightsbridge
London
United Kingdom
SW7 1HH
United Kingdom
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