Fine Modern & Antique Guns - June 2013 : Sale A1072 Lot 472
J. HORTON, LONDON A PAIR OF 50-BORE BOXLOCK TURN-OFF POCKET-PISTOLS, no visible serial number,
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J. HORTON, LONDON
A PAIR OF 50-BORE BOXLOCK TURN-OFF POCKET-PISTOLS, no visible serial number,
circa 1750, with rapid tapering triple-stage banded cannon barrels, rounded boxlock actions with border and scroll engraving, signed 'J HORTON', carved pans and engraved central hammers, swollen bag-shaped walnut butts with silver wire scroll inlays, white-metal grotesque mask butt-caps, sliding trigger-guard safes TOGETHER WITH a later wood case fitted for these pistols and including a 19th century powder flask and a brass barrel-key
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Estimate £800-1,200