Fine Modern & Antique Guns - June 2017 : Sale A0617 Lot 557
A PAIR OF 50-BORE PERCUSSION BOXLOCK POCKET-PISTOLS WITH PAKTONG BODIES, SIGNED 'S. CARTWRIGHT', no visible serial numbers,

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A PAIR OF 50-BORE PERCUSSION BOXLOCK POCKET-PISTOLS WITH PAKTONG BODIES, SIGNED 'S. CARTWRIGHT', no visible serial numbers,
circa 1835, with re-blued octagonal turn-off 2in. barrels, engraved bands at muzzles, the top-flats signed 'S. CARTWRIGHT', octagonal Birmingham proved breeches joining border and foliage engraved radiused actions with central iron hammers, sliding safes to the top-tangs, chequered bag-shaped walnut butts with oval escutcheons to the wrists and concealed automatic triggers

Other Notes: These pistols are almost certainly the product of Samuel Cartwright of Bolton, Lancashire.

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Estimate £250-350