Pair of Flintlock Box-Lock Pistols with Bayonets hallmarked for 1782–83 British, Birmingham, and Spanish Brass-barreled flintlock pistols mounted with spring-loaded bayonets were a common type in England during the last quarter of the 18th century. This pair features barrels and silver mounts that have been comprehensively carved with half-nude figures and animals in a manner that led former curator Stephen V. Grancsay to suggest that they may have been embellished by a craftsman in the Balearic Pair of Flintlock Box-Lock Pistols with Bayonets. British, Birmingham, and Spanish. hallm
Pair of Flintlock Box-Lock Pistols with Bayonets hallmarked for 1782–83 British, Birmingham, and Spanish Brass-barreled flintlock pistols mounted with spring-loaded bayonets were a common type in England during the last quarter of the 18th century. This pair features barrels and silver mounts that have been comprehensively carved with half-nude figures and animals in a manner that led former curator Stephen V. Grancsay to suggest that they may have been embellished by a craftsman in the Balearic Pair of Flintlock Box-Lock Pistols with Bayonets. British, Birmingham, and Spanish. hallmarked for 1782–83. Steel, wood (walnut), silver, brass. Birmingham; Balearic Islands. Firearms-Pistols-Flintlock
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