28th Jun, 2023 12:00
Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria
457
A PAIR OF 20-BORE FLINTLOCK LIVERY PISTOLS BY JOHN TWIGG, LONDON, LONDON PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1760
with slightly swamped barrels each inscribed 'London' in capital letters on the top flat at the breech, plain tangs (one broken), rounded locks with first form of signature (one cock replaced, the other fractured, one steel-spring incomplete), figured full stocks (minor bruising, one butt split through), brass mounts comprising flush-fitting scroll side-plates, trigger-guards with terminals of shaped outline, spurred pommels, border-engraved escutcheons with the owner's crest, moulded ramrod-pipe, and brass-capped ramrods, perhaps the original (the steel parts with areas of pitting), 20.7 cm barrels
Provenance
Bonhams, Knightsbridge, 30th April 2014, lot 438.
These are among the earliest Twigg firearms.
The crest is that of Dymoke.
Sold for £800
with slightly swamped barrels each inscribed 'London' in capital letters on the top flat at the breech, plain tangs (one broken), rounded locks with first form of signature (one cock replaced, the other fractured, one steel-spring incomplete), figured full stocks (minor bruising, one butt split through), brass mounts comprising flush-fitting scroll side-plates, trigger-guards with terminals of shaped outline, spurred pommels, border-engraved escutcheons with the owner's crest, moulded ramrod-pipe, and brass-capped ramrods, perhaps the original (the steel parts with areas of pitting), 20.7 cm barrels
Provenance
Bonhams, Knightsbridge, 30th April 2014, lot 438.
These are among the earliest Twigg firearms.
The crest is that of Dymoke.
Auction: Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 28th Jun, 2023
