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Auction: 7022 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 8

A Flintlock Duelling Pistol A pistol by Twigg, with flat-sided butt and brass barrel, the latter signed TWIGG, LONDON, the lock-plate engraved with the first form of Twigg´s signature (1765-80), the engraved brass trigger-guard with acorn finial of the first form (pre 1770), original steel lock mechanism (but with associated top-jaw and top part of steel chipped), old replacement ramrod (seized in its housing) See illustration Estimate £ 850-1,000

Sold for
£800