£2,300
A pair of 18 bore flintlock holster pistols, c 1810, 13½” overall, octagonal twist barrels 8” with gold touch holes; flat stepped locks signed “Hartshorn” in script, with safety bolts, swan neck cocks, rainproof pans and roller on frizzen springs; dark walnut fullstocks with deeply chequered rounded butts and shield shaped silver escutcheons; the steel mounts include flower engraved trigger guards with pineapple finials enclosing single set triggers, and with original horn tipped ramrods with steel worm. GWO & generally quite crisp condition, the trigger guards retaining hints of original blued finish (some light bruising to stocks). A nice untouched pair of pistols. Plate 15
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