‡ A PAIR OF 22 BORE SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK TURN-OFF PISTOLS SIGNED WHATELY, PR…

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‡ A PAIR OF 22 BORE SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK TURN-OFF PISTOLS SIGNED WHATELY, PRIVATE PROOF MARKS,

‡ A PAIR OF 22 BORE SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK TURN-OFF PISTOLS SIGNED WHATELY, PRIVATE PROOF MARKS, BIRMINGHAM SILVER MARKS, MAKERS MARK OF CHARLES FREETH, CIRCA 1770 each with turn-off cannon barrel, rounded breech struck with private proof marks and the barrelsmith's mark, 'MB' beneath (rubbed), box-lock action engraved with rococo ornament, signed on a scroll on the left, scroll-engraved tang, swelling figured walnut butt, silver grotesque mask butt-cap cast and chased in low relief, escutcheon with the owner's initials, and sliding iron trigger-guard safety-catch engraved with a rococo flower, 31.5 cm overall (2) Provenance Michael German, 1978

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‡ A PAIR OF 22 BORE SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK TURN-OFF PISTOLS SIGNED WHATELY, PRIVATE PROOF MARKS,

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