Lot #174 - PAIR OF ENGLISH FLINTLOCK QUEEN ANNE CANNON BARREL PISTOLS by WILSON
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Auction House:Australian Arms Auctions
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Sale Name:May 2013 Arms Auction
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Sale Date:04 May 2013 ~ 6pm
05 May 2013 ~ 10am -
Lot #:174
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Lot Description:PAIR OF ENGLISH FLINTLOCK QUEEN ANNE CANNON BARREL PISTOLS by WILSON
18 bore; 5½" cannon barrels with LONDON & trophies & flags engraved to the breech; WILSON in front of t/guards & struck with London proofs & RW; elegant swan necked cocks fitted to action, one cock has been repaired at some stage; integral pans fitted; iron t/guard engraved with floral designs; vg profiles, sharp engravings & address; soft grey patina to barrels & fittings; g. walnut butts with silver grotesque butt masks, trophies to vacant helmet wrist escutcheon & trophies & flags to silver side plates; all complete; one pistol has a period wood insert to lhs at the rear of the breech, rhs has a v. fine aged crack at the rear of the cock o/w gwo & g. cond. C. 1730. -
Estimate:A$4,000 - 5,000
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Realised Price:
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Category:Militaria & Weapons
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