24th Jun, 2009 10:00
Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria
394
**A 54 BORE SILVER-MOUNTED PERCUSSION TURN-OFF PISTOL BY KETLAND
**A 54 BORE SILVER-MOUNTED PERCUSSION TURN-OFF PISTOL BY KETLAND, LONDON PROOF MARKS, BIRMINGHAM SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1776 AND A 100 BORE OVER-AND-UNDER FLINTLOCK TAP-ACTION POCKET PISTOL SIGNED JOHNSON & COLLINS, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1820 the first, converted from flintlock, with cannon barrel, box-lock action signed on a scroll on the left and engraved with rococo ornament on the right, swelling figured walnut butt inlaid with silver wire scrolls (losses), grotesque silver mask cap, and sliding trigger-guard safety-catch engraved with a flower on the bow; the second with turn-off barrels cut for a key, box-lock action fitted with tap-lever and signed on the left, engraved with scrolls on the right and fitted with thumb-piece safety-catch, chequered walnut butt, steel trigger-guard engraved with a star, and vacant German silver escutcheon (the steel parts reblued) the first: 19.5cm; 7 3/4in (2)
Sold for £550
**A 54 BORE SILVER-MOUNTED PERCUSSION TURN-OFF PISTOL BY KETLAND, LONDON PROOF MARKS, BIRMINGHAM SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1776 AND A 100 BORE OVER-AND-UNDER FLINTLOCK TAP-ACTION POCKET PISTOL SIGNED JOHNSON & COLLINS, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1820 the first, converted from flintlock, with cannon barrel, box-lock action signed on a scroll on the left and engraved with rococo ornament on the right, swelling figured walnut butt inlaid with silver wire scrolls (losses), grotesque silver mask cap, and sliding trigger-guard safety-catch engraved with a flower on the bow; the second with turn-off barrels cut for a key, box-lock action fitted with tap-lever and signed on the left, engraved with scrolls on the right and fitted with thumb-piece safety-catch, chequered walnut butt, steel trigger-guard engraved with a star, and vacant German silver escutcheon (the steel parts reblued) the first: 19.5cm; 7 3/4in (2)
Auction: Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 24th Jun, 2009
