Fine Modern & Antique Guns - June 2015 : Sale A0615 Lot 465
A FINE PAIR OF 22-BORE FLINTLOCK BRASS-BARRELLED HOLSTER-PISTOLS SIGNED WHATELY, no visible serial numbers,

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A FINE PAIR OF 22-BORE FLINTLOCK BRASS-BARRELLED HOLSTER-PISTOLS SIGNED 'WHATELY', no visible serial numbers,
circa 1770, with two-stage slightly swamped brass 10in. barrels banded and engraved at the intersection, acanthus scroll engraving and London proofs at breech, border engraved solid iron top-tang with later sighting grooves, flat border and scroll engraved locks signed 'WHATELY', en-suite hammers, unbridled frizzens, pointed tails, walnut full-stocks with silver wire scroll inlay around the top-tangs, rococo escutcheons to wrists, brass furniture including short-tailed grotesque mask butt-caps, pierced side-plates, double roll-edged trigger-guard bows, acorn finials and ramrod throats and pipes, complete with wood under-barrel ramrods

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Estimate £4,000-6,000