Lot 171
A pair of early 19th century officer's percussion pistols
Auction: 8 December 2006 at 11:00 GMT
Description
the flat locks with safety slides engraved Hamburger & Co, (both hammers with damaged thumb pieces), large bore round Damascus barrels with flat tops engraved London with some remaining colour, the false breech and tang engraved with foliate scrolls, fire-blued trigger guard with pineapple finial, full walnut stocks with chequered grips with silver blank escutcheon and barrel bolt ovals, captive swivel ramrods engraved with a flower head, in original mahogany case with brass corners and square flush fitting handle, lined in original green baize with the loading rod, nipple turn-screw with ebony handle, copper powder flask, bullet mould and cap box (2)
Dimensions
17 ½ inches x 9inches (case measurements) pistols 13 ½ inches long.
Footnote
Note. Hamburger & Co were London gunmakers at 30 Kings Street Covent Garden from 1812 -1826.
These were possibly the pistols of Captain Sir Hector Leith-Buchanan of Drummakill 17th Lancers 1833-1903