Fine Modern & Antique Guns - June 2019 : Sale A0619 Lot 561
SMITH, LONDON A CASED PAIR OF 100-BORE PERCUSSION TAP-ACTION POCKET-PISTOLS, no visible serial numbers,

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SMITH, LONDON

A CASED PAIR OF 100-BORE PERCUSSION TAP-ACTION POCKET-PISTOLS, no visible serial numbers,
circa 1795 with later conversion from flint, plain round iron turn-off 1 5/8in. barrels, false rifling at muzzles, borderline and acanthus scroll engraved central hammer action signed 'SMITH' and 'LONDON' on the lower breech, rotating tap for barrel selection, Birmingham proofs, slab-sided walnut butts and guarded triggers, in a later re-lined and re-fitted case with reproduction trade-label inside lid and including a number of period but probably unassociated accessories

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Estimate £500-700