A 54-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Pistol With Spring Bayonet Signed Bond, London, Early 19th CenturyWith turn-off brass barrel fitted with a folding bayonet beneath, border engraved brass action signed within an oval against a martial trophy over both sides, engraved thumbpiece safety-catch also locking the steel, sprung trigger-guard also forming the bayonet release and engraved with three stars on the bow, and figured flat-sided butt, private Birmingham proof marks; together with a flintlock turn-off pistol, by G. Gill, Richmond, mid-18th century, with reproduction cannon barrel, border engraved action signed beneath the breech (cock, steel and steel-spring replaced), sliding trigger-guard safety-catch engraved with a flower-head, and replacement butt with reproduction cast and chased trophy of arms mounts and grotesque mask butt-cap, London proof marks and Foreigner's mark (2) The first 7.8 cm. barrel
A 54-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Pistol With Spring Bayonet Signed Bond, London, Early 19th CenturyWith turn-off brass barrel fitted with a folding bayonet beneath, border engraved brass action signed within an oval against a martial trophy over both sides, engraved thumbpiece safety-catch also locking the steel, sprung trigger-guard also forming the bayonet release and engraved with three stars on the bow, and figured flat-sided butt, private Birmingham proof marks; together with a flintlock turn-off pistol, by G. Gill, Richmond, mid-18th century, with reproduction cannon barrel, border engraved action signed beneath the breech (cock, steel and steel-spring replaced), sliding trigger-guard safety-catch engraved with a flower-head, and replacement butt with reproduction cast and chased trophy of arms mounts and grotesque mask butt-cap, London proof marks and Foreigner's mark (2) The first 7.8 cm. barrel
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