A Cased Pair Of 20-Bore Flintlock Travelling Pistols

A Cased Pair Of 20-Bore Flintlock Travelling Pistols Signed Smith, London, Circa 1815-20 With browned twist octagonal sighted barrels each engraved 'London' in gothic script along the top flat, breeches each with platinum line and platinum-lined touch-hole, sighted tangs each engraved with a Britannia shield and drum amid foliage, signed case-hardened border engraved flat bevelled locks decorated with starbursts and part martial trophy at the stepped tail, safety-catches and ring-neck cocks en suite (one top jaw and screw expertly replaced), semi-rainproof pans and rollers, figured full stocks each with dark horn fore-end cap and chequered rounded butt, blued steel trigger-guards each with pineapple finial and decorated with a martial trophy on the border engraved bow, vacant silver escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, stirrup ramrods, and much original finish: in modern lined and fitted wooden case with some accessories including steel combination tool, the exterior of the lid with circular vacant brass escutcheon centred on a folding circular brass carrying handle, Birmingham proof marks 9.3 cm. barrels Footnotes: Provenance Christie's South Kensington, Antique Arms and Armour, 12 July 2000, lot 161 This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com