Fine Modern & Antique Arms - July 2023 : Sale A0723 Lot 464
A 60-BORE DOUBLE-BARRELLED FLINTLOCK TRAVELLING PISTOL SIGNED CONTESSE AUX PONTS,

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A 60-BORE DOUBLE-BARRELLED FLINTLOCK TRAVELLING PISTOL SIGNED CONTESSE AUX PONTS,
circa 1780, with brushed bright round multi-staged turn-off cannon muzzled 3in. barrels (frozen) starred at the muzzles for a key, spurious period 'London' proofs, florally engraved boxlock action with radiused edges signed in banners 'CONTESSE' on the right and 'AUX PONTS' on the left, twin central cocks and frizzens, (the left missing top-jaw and screw and cracked at neck), sliding individual safety catches behind each cock and possible working replacement slab-sided bevel-edged walnut grip, the whole lightly cleaned



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Estimate £400-600