Main Sale - March 2012 : Sale A1062 Lot 562
A PAIR OF 40-BORE PERCUSSION TURN-OFF POCKET-PISTOLS, no visible serial numbers,
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A PAIR OF 40-BORE PERCUSSION TURN-OFF POCKET-PISTOLS, no visible serial numbers,
possibly converted from flintlock, circa 1835, with multi-fluted 2 3/4in. turn-off barrels (frozen), false rifling at the muzzle, rounded scroll-engraved boxlock actions with central hammers (noses chipped), no safety catches, finely chequered walnut bag-shaped butts, lion-mask pommel-caps, oval escutcheons to the rear and concealed triggers, Birmingham proofs
Estimate £250-350