Fine Modern & Antique Arms - July 2024 : Sale A0724 Lot 456
A PAIR OF 22-BORE FLINTLOCK 'FLAT-FRONT' QUEEN ANNE PISTOLS SIGNED WILSON, LONDON, no visible serial numbers,

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A PAIR OF 22-BORE FLINTLOCK 'FLAT-FRONT' QUEEN ANNE PISTOLS SIGNED WILSON, LONDON, no visible serial numbers,
circa 1771, with iron slightly tapering 5 1/4in. turn-off cannon barrels (frozen), the breeches with moulded band and signed 'LONDON', engraved solid pointed top-tangs, border and scroll engraved locks with bar signed 'WILSON' in script, recumbent 'L' shaped frizzen-springs, swan necked cocks with replacement retaining screws (one cock a working replacement), walnut half-stocks with carved detail around the top-tangs (one pistol with repaired cracks), silver Rococo escutcheons to wrists, short tailed silver grotesque-mask butt-caps with hallmarks (obscured) and possible maker's stamp for Jonathan Alleine (1771-72) and iron trigger guard bows with iron vertical flat fore-end caps



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Estimate £1,500-2,000