Fine Modern & Antique Guns - September 2017 : Sale A0917 Lot 592
A CASED PAIR OF 120-BORE PERCUSSION SMALL-SIZE MUFF-PISTOLS WITH IVORY BUTTS, UNSIGNED, serial nos. 963,

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A CASED PAIR OF 120-BORE PERCUSSION SMALL-SIZE MUFF-PISTOLS WITH IVORY BUTTS, UNSIGNED, serial no's. 963,
Belgian, circa 1835, with brushed bright turn-off 1 1/2in. barrels, false rifling at the muzzles, squared scroll engraved brushed bright actions with plain off-set central hammers, carved and fenced snails and concealed automatic triggers, smooth bag-shaped ivory butts with iron diminutive trap-doors at heel concealing small cap-boxes, the pair complete with their original borderline tooled black leatherette case lined internally in the Continental manner in red felt (faded to brown) and containing a fine, small silver-plated bag-shape powder flask signed 'JAMES DIXON, SHEFFIELD', a scissors shaped combination iron ball-mould with integral nipple-key and barrel square and an ivory cap-pot

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Estimate £1,200-1,600