The former with slightly swamped re-browned twist octagonal sighted barrels each signed along the top flat and engraved with a line of beadwork behind the back-sight, border engraved tangs each decorated with foliage, border engraved flat bevelled locks (two retaining screws replaced) each with second form of signature and stepped tail, figured full stocks (fore-ends with minor old damage) each carved in relief with a shell behind the barrel tang, chequered rounded flat-sided butts with a dot in the centre of each diamond and carved with characteristic step behind the lock and side-flat on each side, re-blued steel trigger-guards each with acorn finial and decorated with a flower-head on the border engraved bow, turned ramrod-pipes, and horn-tipped ramrods, one with iron worm; the latter with turn-off rifled cannon barrels, actions engraved with a trophy on each side and inscribed 'London' on a scroll, blued sliding trigger-guard safety-catches each decorated with foliage on the bow, and figured flat-sided butts inlaid with silver wire scrollwork (minor losses): in contemporary lined and fitted mahogany case with some accessories including leather-covered three-way powder-flask stained in imitation of tortoiseshell, the exterior of the lid with brass carrying handle of Chippendale form, the duelling pistols with London proof marks 25.4 cm. and 4 cm. barrels
The former with slightly swamped re-browned twist octagonal sighted barrels each signed along the top flat and engraved with a line of beadwork behind the back-sight, border engraved tangs each decorated with foliage, border engraved flat bevelled locks (two retaining screws replaced) each with second form of signature and stepped tail, figured full stocks (fore-ends with minor old damage) each carved in relief with a shell behind the barrel tang, chequered rounded flat-sided butts with a dot in the centre of each diamond and carved with characteristic step behind the lock and side-flat on each side, re-blued steel trigger-guards each with acorn finial and decorated with a flower-head on the border engraved bow, turned ramrod-pipes, and horn-tipped ramrods, one with iron worm; the latter with turn-off rifled cannon barrels, actions engraved with a trophy on each side and inscribed 'London' on a scroll, blued sliding trigger-guard safety-catches each decorated with foliage on the bow, and figured flat-sided butts inlaid with silver wire scrollwork (minor losses): in contemporary lined and fitted mahogany case with some accessories including leather-covered three-way powder-flask stained in imitation of tortoiseshell, the exterior of the lid with brass carrying handle of Chippendale form, the duelling pistols with London proof marks 25.4 cm. and 4 cm. barrels
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