26th Jun, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria
284
‡ A PAIR OF 22 BORE SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK TURN-OFF PISTOLS SIGNED WHATELY, PRIVATE PROOF MARKS, BIRMINGHAM SILVER MARKS, MAKERS MARK OF CHARLES FREETH, CIRCA 1770
each with turn-off cannon barrel, rounded breech struck with private proof marks and the barrelsmith's mark, 'MB' beneath (rubbed), box-lock action engraved with rococo ornament, signed on a scroll on the left, scroll-engraved tang, swelling figured walnut butt, silver grotesque mask butt-cap cast and chased in low relief, escutcheon with the owner's initials, and sliding iron trigger-guard safety-catch engraved with a rococo flower, 31.5 cm overall (2)
Provenance
Michael German, 1978
Sold for £1,100
each with turn-off cannon barrel, rounded breech struck with private proof marks and the barrelsmith's mark, 'MB' beneath (rubbed), box-lock action engraved with rococo ornament, signed on a scroll on the left, scroll-engraved tang, swelling figured walnut butt, silver grotesque mask butt-cap cast and chased in low relief, escutcheon with the owner's initials, and sliding iron trigger-guard safety-catch engraved with a rococo flower, 31.5 cm overall (2)
Provenance
Michael German, 1978
Auction: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 26th Jun, 2024
Viewing
Public Exhibition
Sunday 23rd June: 12:00pm to 4:00pm
Monday 24th June: 10:00am to 7.00pm
Tuesday 25th June: 10.00am to 5.00pm
AUCTION DAY: 26TH JUNE 2024, AT 11:00am
