Product Details
A RARE PAIR OF 20-BORE FLINTLOCK RIGHT AND LEFT-HANDED FLAT-FRONTED QUEEN-ANNE PISTOLS SIGNED CLARKSON, LONDON, no visible serial numbers,
circa 1730, with turn-off iron banded 6 1/2in. cannon-barrels, the breeches with 'CLARKSON, LONDON' and London proofs, moulded bands forwards of the solid engraved and pointed top-tangs, flat border engraved bevel-edged locks with en-suite swan-necked cocks, engraved pan edges and recumbent 'L' shaped frizzen springs with 'CLARKSON' signatures below, walnut half-stocks (one cracked through and well repaired at wrist), shell-carved aprons and teardrops behind the locks and sideplates, brass furniture including short-tailed bulbous but-caps moulded with foliate designs in relief, sideplates engraved with musical trophies and engraved flat front-plates, rococo escutcheons to wrists, no provision for ramrods
Provenance: Joseph Clarkson became free of the Gunmakers Co. by redemption in 1715, although crossbows and other firearms are known signed by him from an earlier date. He became a Gunmaker to Ordnance in 1723 and was last recorded in 1734
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| Lot Price: | £2,000.00 |
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| Total Price: | £2,600.00 |