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16th September 2016, 04:57 PM
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Great acquisition, corrado. Being a true pair is obviously an extreme added value.
Could you show us a picture of the buttcap ... no face mask ? |
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16th September 2016, 05:18 PM
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Oh yes, there are face masks. They are from the same early type as often used by Israel Segalas or George Halfhide. Both masks have no hallmarks, what shows that the pistols have been made before 1738, when hallmarks were not required on small silver pieces.
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16th September 2016, 05:30 PM
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Good; very good.
They are really 'furchterregend', by the way  .
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17th September 2016, 03:21 AM
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Absolutely beautiful pieces for me to be envious of! Love the leonine faces...
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17th September 2016, 08:58 AM
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A further Queen-Anne-style pistol by JENKINS/London with a normal sidelock. Buttcap, escutcheon, sideplate and triggerguard are made of silver without hallmarks.
Total length is 365mm corrado26 |
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18th September 2016, 02:56 PM
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You show very good taste with these recent acquisitions Corrado!
Lovely, lovely pistols, and I have not seen that mask before. I think the Queen Anne one of the most elegant ever produced. I have not looked up Boughton, but would this be Charles Haywood, Apprenticed to Richard Lawrence in 1710? I have a sad old but early William Bailes with the same sideplate but in brass. It has the grotesque mask you show on your second pistol. It would appear these pistols have private proof marks. Thank you for showing these. they are wonderful and inspiring!! Richard. |
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18th September 2016, 05:00 PM
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Yes, you are right, this is a pistol made by Charles Haywood, apprenticed to Richard Lawrence in 1710. One of the characteristics of these early Queen Annes is the triggerguard with a front final and a backstrap screwed to the butt. Later types have a totally different triggerguard.
You'd like to see more? corrado26 |
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