Main Sale December 2009 : Sale A1034 Lot 472
A PAIR OF CONTINENTAL 56-BORE FLINTLOCK BOXLOCK POCKET PISTOLS,
Product Details
A PAIR OF CONTINENTAL 56-BORE FLINTLOCK BOXLOCK POCKET PISTOLS,
early 19th century, with 4cm. turn-off barrels, actions each engraved with borderlines and martial trophies, folding triggers, sliding thumb-piece safety-catches each also locking the steel, and flat-sided walnut butts (one cracked) each with chequered spine and raised oval on each side, decorated with silver wire inlay involving stars, dots and sunbursts (iron parts discoloured).
Estimate £400-600
THE ABOVE LOT IS PURCHASED AS AN EXEMPT ITEM UNDER SECTION 58 (2) OF THE 1968 FIREARMS ACT. TO BE HELD AS A CURIOSITY OR ORNAMENT.