Fine Modern & Antique Arms - July 2024 : Sale A0724 Lot 455
WOGDON, LONDON A PAIR OF 28-BORE FLINTLOCK SILVER-MOUNTED DUELLING PISTOLS, no visible serial numbers,

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WOGDON, LONDON
A PAIR OF 28-BORE FLINTLOCK SILVER-MOUNTED DUELLING PISTOLS, no visible serial numbers,
circa 1780, with slightly swamped rebrowned octagonal 9 7/8in. barrels, the top flats signed in script 'WOGDON, LONDON', dove-tailed fore-sights, engraved ball-band at breech, fully engraved top-tangs, London proofs and 'R.W.' maker's mark below barrels, plain bevel-edged step-tailed locks signed 'WOGDON' in script, swan-necked cocks, gold-lined touch-holes and rain-proof pans, plain walnut full-stocks with slab-sided bag-shaped grips (one cracked through and well repaired in antiquity), silver (tested) furniture including relief moulded butt-caps depicting Athena with spear seated on a globe, oval escutcheons to the side cheeks monogrammed 'WP' below a trotting stag, twin barrel-keys, faceted ramrod pipes and bone tipped worm-ended ebony ramrods



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Estimate £4,000-6,000