A PAIR OF SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK TURN-OFF PISTOLS with three-stage cannon barrels, engraved tangs, border engraved actions each signed within a scallop shell and struck with maker's mark and proof marks beneath each trigger-guard finial (both cocks incomplete), figured walnut butts carved with a shell in relief behind the barrel tang, separate iron trigger-guards with foliate finial, foliate vacant silver escutcheons, dragonesque silver side-plates, and silver grotesque mask caps (areas of surface rust over original bright finish overall), by William I Turvey, London, London proof marks, circa 1730 | Christie's

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A PAIR OF SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK TURN-OFF PISTOLS with three-stage cannon barrels, engraved tangs, border engraved actions each signed within a scallop shell and struck with maker's mark and proof marks beneath each trigger-guard finial (both cocks incomplete), figured walnut butts carved with a shell in relief behind the barrel tang, separate iron trigger-guards with foliate finial, foliate vacant silver escutcheons, dragonesque silver side-plates, and silver grotesque mask caps (areas of surface rust over original bright finish overall), by William I Turvey, London, London proof marks, circa 1730

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A PAIR OF SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK TURN-OFF PISTOLS with three-stage cannon barrels, engraved tangs, border engraved actions each signed within a scallop shell and struck with maker's mark and proof marks beneath each trigger-guard finial (both cocks incomplete), figured walnut butts carved with a shell in relief behind the barrel tang, separate iron trigger-guards with foliate finial, foliate vacant silver escutcheons, dragonesque silver side-plates, and silver grotesque mask caps (areas of surface rust over original bright finish overall), by William I Turvey, London, London proof marks, circa 1730
11½in. (2)

拍品专文

William I Turvey was elected Master of the Gunmakers' Company in 1733