A Connoisseur's Eye - Michael Foster Ltd - The Personal Collection of the late Michael & Margaret Susands - 2nd July 2025
Lot 800
AN ENGLISH 22 BORE PISTOL
Estimate £150 - £250
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Description
AN ENGLISH 22 BORE PISTOL
18TH CENTURY
round barrel 8.25 in with a sighting groove formed in an astragal near the breech, drum-and-nipple conversion to percussion ignition, London proof, bevelled lock signed 'BARBAR', foliate engraved hammer, full stock with steel furniture, heavy spurred butt cap, wooden ram rod; together with a continental flintlock pistol of similar form, set up as for the Eastern Mediterranean trade (2)
Section 58(2) - no licence required in the UK if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE