Fine Modern & Antique Guns - December 2019 : Sale A1219 Lot 462
W. MANSELL, LONDON A 40-BORE FLINTLOCK CANNON-BARRELLED RIFLED POCKET-PISTOL WITH WHITE METAL MOUNTS, no visible serial number,

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* W. MANSELL, LONDON
A 40-BORE FLINTLOCK CANNON-BARRELLED RIFLED POCKET-PISTOL WITH WHITE METAL MOUNTS, no visible serial number,
circa 1775, with multi-stage turn-off multigroove rifled 2 1/4in. cannon barrel, London proofs to underside of breech, scroll and trophy engraved rounded boxlock action signed in a banner on the left hand side 'W. MANSELL', pedestal pan, central cock, trigger-guard safe and bulbous walnut butt with wire scroll inlaid decoration and white metal butt-cap featuring a rampant lion above a ruined tower, butt cracked at head with loss to right top-side, top-nail replaced.



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Estimate £300-500