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A PAIR OF 22-BORE FLINTLOCK 'FLAT-FRONT' QUEEN ANNE PISTOLS SIGNED WILSON, LONDON, no visible serial numbers, circa 1771, with iron slightly tapering 5 1/4in. turn-off cannon barrels (frozen), the breeches with moulded band and signed 'LONDON', engraved solid pointed top-tangs, border and scroll engraved locks with bar signed 'WILSON' in script, recumbent 'L' shaped frizzen-springs, swan necked cocks with replacement retaining screws (one cock a working replacement), walnut half-stocks with carved detail around the top-tangs (one pistol with repaired cracks), silver Rococo escutcheons to wrists, short tailed silver grotesque-mask butt-caps with hallmarks (obscured) and possible maker's stamp for Jonathan Alleine (1771-72) and iron trigger guard bows with iron vertical flat fore-end caps.

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A PAIR OF 22-BORE FLINTLOCK 'FLAT-FRONT' QUEEN ANNE PISTOLS SIGNED WILSON, LONDON, no visible serial numbers, circa 1771, with iron slightly tapering 5 1/4in. turn-off cannon barrels (frozen), the breeches with moulded band and signed 'LONDON', engraved solid pointed top-tangs, border and scroll engraved locks with bar signed 'WILSON' in script, recumbent 'L' shaped frizzen-springs, swan necked cocks with replacement retaining screws (one cock a working replacement), walnut half-stocks with carved detail around the top-tangs (one pistol with repaired cracks), silver Rococo escutcheons to wrists, short tailed silver grotesque-mask butt-caps with hallmarks (obscured) and possible maker's stamp for Jonathan Alleine (1771-72) and iron trigger guard bows with iron vertical flat fore-end caps.

Estimate 1 500 - 2 000 GBP
Starting price 1 500 GBP

* Not including buyer’s premium.
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For sale on Monday 29 Jul - 09:00 (BST)
wolferton-norfolk, United Kingdom
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