‡ A PAIR OF 60 BORE SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOLS BY ARCHER, PRIVATE P…

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‡ A PAIR OF 60 BORE SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOLS BY ARCHER, PRIVATE PROOF MARKS,

‡ A PAIR OF 60 BORE SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOLS BY ARCHER, PRIVATE PROOF MARKS, BIRMINGHAM 1777, MARK OF CHARLES FREETH with turn-off cannon barrels, box-lock actions with engraved borders, signed on a rococo scroll on the left and inscribed 'London' on a further scroll on the right (one cock and both top-jaws and screws replaced), figured walnut butts profusely inlaid with silver wire scrolls, silver grotesque mask butt-caps cast and chased in low relief, sliding trigger-guard safety-catches engraved with a rococo flowerhead on the bows, and vacant silver escutcheons, 17.5 cm overall (2)

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‡ A PAIR OF 60 BORE SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOLS BY ARCHER, PRIVATE PROOF MARKS,

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