Fine Modern & Antique Guns - June 2016 : Sale A0616 Lot 562
A PAIR OF 80-BORE PERCUSSION CANNON-BARRELLED POCKET-PISTOLS MARKED A GIVET, no visible serial numbers,
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A PAIR OF 80-BORE PERCUSSION CANNON-BARRELLED POCKET-PISTOLS MARKED 'A GIVET', no visible serial numbers,
circa 1780, probably French and converted from flintlock, with banded turn-off 1 1/4in. cannon barrels (frozen), plain squared boxlock actions with carved nipple bolsters, folding concealed automatic triggers and central hammers, plain walnut bag-shaped butts and sliding 'teat' safes behind the triggers, the base of both buts stamped 'A GIVET'
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Estimate £750-1,000