Fine Modern & Antique Arms - July 2024 : Sale A0724 Lot 451
A 24-BORE FLINTLOCK DUELLING PISTOL SIGNED JN. RICHARDS, LONDON, no visible serial number,

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A 24-BORE FLINTLOCK DUELLING PISTOL SIGNED JN. RICHARDS, LONDON, no visible serial number,
circa 1795, with octagonal 9 3/4in. barrel, the top-flat signed 'STRAND, LONDON', applied brass fore-sight, standing notch rear-sight, engraved bands at breech and trophies engraved to the top-tang, borderline engraved bevel-edged step-tailed lock signed 'JN. RICHARDS' below the pan, roller spring, swan-necked cock with bolting safe, walnut full-stock with chequered bag-shaped butt and plain central slab-sides, iron furniture and wood ramrod with blacked tip

Provenance: John Richards traded from two addresses in the Strand between 1775-80 before moving to Lombard Street for a short time, again returning to a different Strand address in 1882. The business closed on his death in 1821



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Estimate £700-900