Lot 347*
A Fine Cased Pair Of Flintlock Duelling PistolsBy Wilson, Vigo Lane, London, Circa 1825
24 November 2021, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge£8,000 - £10,000
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By Wilson, Vigo Lane, London, Circa 1825
By Wilson, Vigo Lane, London, Circa 1825
With rebrowned twist octagonal sighted barrels (one with minor vice marks) each engraved 'Vigo Lane' in gothic script along the top flat, recessed patent breeches each with rectangular platinum-lined maker's stamp, platinum line and platinum-lined touch-hole, signed border engraved detented flat locks each retaining traces of case-hardening, engraved with a starburst behind the rainproof pan and with a martial trophy on the tail, cocks (repaired) engraved en suite, steels each with pierced lip over the touch-hole, engraved safety-catches, and rollers each bearing on a ramp on the blued steel-spring, the internal working parts retaining nearly all their burnished finish, figured half-stocks with chequered rounded butts, blued border engraved steel mounts comprising foliate engraved butt-caps each with a flower-head centred on the retaining screw, trigger-guards each with a martial trophy on the bow (one with some pitting), trigger-plates each with pineapple finial, silver escutcheons engraved with owner's crest, silver barrel-bolt escutcheons, dark horn fore-end caps, and horn-tipped ramrods, one probably original: in later relined and refitted oak case with accessories including brass-mounted wedge-shaped powder-flask, the exterior of the lid with brass drop-handle, London proof marks
23.7 cm. barrels
23.7 cm. barrels
Footnotes
Provenance
Sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms & Armour..., 30 November 2017, lot 629
Alexander Wilson is recorded as having worked for both John and Joseph Manton. He set-up in business at 14 Tichborne Street between 1805 and 1811, and in June 1810 Joseph Manton brought an action against him for making double barrelled guns with elevated ribs which were protected by Manton's Patent No. 2966 of 1806. He was at 1 Vigo Lane, Piccadilly, between 1826 and 1829. See W. Keith Neal & D.H.L. Back, The Manton Supplement, 1978, pp.126-130 and p.174
