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Lot 52
Sale 5198 - English, Continental Furniture & Dec Art
May 5, 2009
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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$5,000 -
7,000
Lot Description
Pair of English flintlock center-hammer officer's sterling silver mounted steel pistols circa 1770
The steel unscrew cannon barrels with martial engravings and 'Kirke, Warsop', the handles with silver foliate inlay and mounted with a silver mask caps, stamped British proofs to the underside.
Illustrated, Warren Moore Weapons of the American Revolution, New York, pp. 18, fig. P-11.