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A 22-Bore Flintlock Silver-Mounted Turn-Off Pistol
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London, United Kingdom
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A 22-Bore Flintlock Silver-Mounted Turn-Off Pistol By Griffin, Bond Street, London, Mid-18th Century, Silver Maker's Mark Of John Allen With three-stage cannon barrel numbered '1', the breech numbered to correspond and engraved 'BOND STREET LONDON' beneath the steel-spring, signed in capitals along the top and engraved with a band of foliage behind, waisted border engraved tang decorated with foliage, border engraved action, cock (retaining screw replaced) and steel, sliding trigger-guard safety-catch decorated with a flower-head on the bow, swelling figured butt (repaired at the pommel), cast and chased mounts comprising pierced foliate side-plate involving a grotesque profile head and a vacant cartouche, vacant escutcheon within a foliate border, and grotesque mask butt-cap (old wear and pitting), London proof marks 13.8 cm. barrel Footnotes: Benjamin Griffin, father of Joseph, was apprenticed to Samuel Harrison in 1719. He was allowed to prove guns by the Gunmakers' Company between 1724 and 1731, and despite being told to give up work by the Gunmakers' Company continued trading in Bond Street between 1735 and 1770, the year of his death 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 Silver-Mounted Turn-Off Pistol By Griffin, Bond Street, London, Mid-18th Century, Silver Maker's Mark Of John Allen With three-stage cannon barrel numbered '1', the breech numbered to correspond and engraved 'BOND STREET LONDON' beneath the steel-spring, signed in capitals along the top and engraved with a band of foliage behind, waisted border engraved tang decorated with foliage, border engraved action, cock (retaining screw replaced) and steel, sliding trigger-guard safety-catch decorated with a flower-head on the bow, swelling figured butt (repaired at the pommel), cast and chased mounts comprising pierced foliate side-plate involving a grotesque profile head and a vacant cartouche, vacant escutcheon within a foliate border, and grotesque mask butt-cap (old wear and pitting), London proof marks 13.8 cm. barrel Footnotes: Benjamin Griffin, father of Joseph, was apprenticed to Samuel Harrison in 1719. He was allowed to prove guns by the Gunmakers' Company between 1724 and 1731, and despite being told to give up work by the Gunmakers' Company continued trading in Bond Street between 1735 and 1770, the year of his death 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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