Fine Modern & Antique Arms - December 2024 : Sale A1224 Lot 640
A PAIR OF 40-BORE PERCUSSION WHITE-METAL BELT PISTOLS FOR HIGHLAND DRESS SIGNED CAMPBELL, no visible serial numbers,

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A PAIR OF 40-BORE PERCUSSION WHITE-METAL BELT PISTOLS FOR HIGHLAND DRESS SIGNED CAMPBELL, no visible serial numbers,
second half of the 19th Century, with triple-staged white-metal 6 1/2in. barrels carved with raised bands at the intersections, bold scroll engraving to breech, the central section chisel carved around a central martial trophy, foliate engraving to muzzles, the flat fore-end sides engraved with a rope-twist pattern, the underside with panels of foliage, fenced snails at breech, border and scroll engraved shaped iron sideplate signed 'CAMPBELL' on the bars, scroll engraved dolphin headed hammers, borderline and fully scroll engraved panels to the slab-sided butts, both sides with central oval panels engraved with martial trophies to the right and Scottish thistles to the left, 'ramshorn' style heels (both slightly deformed) and with central detachable prickers, the tips moulded and carved as a stylised thistles, scroll engraved back-straps with central crested monograms in an oval panel at wrists, further partial engraving to front-straps, scroll engraved trigger-plates, ball-tipped triggers, iron belt-hooks and ramrods



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Estimate £4,000-6,000