Product Details
* A CASED PAIR OF 28-BORE PERCUSSION DUELLING PISTOLS BY BLANCH, LONDON, no visible serial numbers,
circa 1800 with later conversion to percussion, 9 1/2in. octagonal damascus barrels signed on the top-flat in script 'LONDON', dove-tailed white-metal fore-sights, engraved bands and gold lines at breech, platinum vented plugs, engraved top-tang with moulded standing notch, slightly curved bevel-edged engraved locks with stepped tails, one signed 'J. BLANCH', the other engraved over, engraved dolphin-headed hammers with sliding safes behind, walnut half-stocks with chequered flat-based grips, the pommels inset with engraved oval caps, spurred trigger guard bows, single set triggers, tool-ended ramrods, later applied belt-hooks with engraved mounts, white metal fore-end caps and single oval escutcheoned barrel wedges both pistols with traces only of finish and complete with their makers walnut storage case, lined and compartmented in coarse green baize and together with their original three-way flask, a mould, a nipple-key, cap-tin and loading rod
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Estimate £3,000-5,000