C1840 Cased, Pair Of English Smith London Gentleman’s / Officer’s Private Purchase 28 Bore Percussion Holster Pistols With Damascus Steel Octagonal Barrels & Original Accessories. Sn 19997:2 None 0 Muzzleloader

C1840 Cased, Pair Of English Smith London Gentleman’s / Officer’s Private Purchase 28 Bore Percussion Holster Pistols With Damascus Steel Octagonal Barrels & Original Accessories. Sn 19997:2 - 19997:2

This is an excellent pair of cased Gentleman’s or Officer’s private purchase percussion holster pistols. They are in excellent condition with 8" octagonal Damascus steel barrels, original walnut stocks with chequered panel grips, ornately engraved foliate design trigger guards with extended tangs and Pineapple finials, action plates & Dolphin hammers. The top of each barrel is crisply engraved by the manufacturer ‘Smith London’ highlighted in gold. The action plates are also signed ‘Smith’ (there were many English gun makers named Smith operating in both London & the Provinces during the flintlock & percussion era). Both pistols are complete with their original wood ramrods with Brass tips which unscrew to reveal steel worms & horn caps & bead fore sights. The top of each pistol's wrist are inlaid with void white metal escutcheons. Both pistols are 28 bore. Their smooth bores have just light staining consistent with age. Their cocking and firing actions crisply. The pistols are complete with wood case. The case has a hinged lid the centre of which is inlaid with a brass roundel and folding carry handle. The front of the case has its original recess for lock (lock is absent). The lined inside of the case with compartments is contoured to snugly fit the pistols and their accessories which include a brass & ebony powder measure stamped ‘James Dixon & Sons 1103‘, a copper and brass powder flask, a wood and brass cleaning rod with removable cap which reveals a worm, an ebony handled screwdriver / adjustment tool, a steel bullet mould, a white metal oil container mark C& JW Hawksley with removable lid which has an integral applicator spike and 2 empty Joyce & Co labelled percussion cap tins with removable lids. The price for this excellent pair of cased pistols includes UK delivery. NB as antique percussion weapons no licence is required to own these pistols in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 19997:2

£6,595.00