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511<br />

A PAIR OF 16 BORE FLINTLOCK BELT PISTOLS OF LIVERY<br />

TYPE BY JOSEPH EGG, LONDON, LONDON AND<br />

BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1800<br />

with tapering sighted barrels signed at the breeches,<br />

stamped with London and Birmingham view and proof<br />

marks and a further mark, IR crowned, plain tangs<br />

numbered ‘1’ and ‘2’, signed stepped bolted locks, figured<br />

walnut full stocks, brass mounts including flush-fitting<br />

scrolling side-plates, plain trigger-guards with bud-shaped<br />

511<br />

finials, grotesque mask butt-caps, vacant oval<br />

escutcheons and steel belt hooks and associated brasstipped<br />

wooden ramrods<br />

31.5cm; 12Gin<br />

(2)<br />

It would appear that the belt hooks were added during<br />

the pistols early working life, probably when they were<br />

resubmitted for proof in Birmingham.<br />

£1500-2000<br />

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