4432 GOOD CASED PAIR OF VERY SMALL (4-3/4" OVERALL)

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[?]Live Online Auction Starts In 2025 May 11 @ 10:00 (UTC-04:00 : AST/EDT)
Category Firearms & Military
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Start Price 1,000.00 USD
Estimated at 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD
MUFF PISTOLS WITH FOLDING TRIGGERS AND SCREW BARRELS BY BOND. Cal. 38. (both). S# NSN (both). The 1-1/4" blued barrels are engraved with spears around muzzles and have bottom lugs for removal. Small boxlock actions with dolphin head hammers are fitted with half cock safetys and blued folding triggers. London black powder proofs are stamped on bottoms. Front parts of actions are engraved "BOND" "59 LOMBARD St" on lefts and "LONDON" on rights. Left rears are scroll engraved; right rears are engraved with coiled sea monsters. Checkered walnut bag grips with engraved steel caps have vacant silver rectangles at tops. UNATTACHED ACCESSORIES: pistols are housed in a period case with burl elm wood top with inlet brass circle. Interior is lined in green cloth and reproduction C. Parker label is in lid. Bottom compartment is semi-French fitted for pistols and a good array of correct size accessories including: steel nutcracker type mould with barrel wrench that fits these barrels, small copper bodied powder flask, ebony cap box, pewter oil bottle, ebony handled nipple wrench, cleaning jag, turn screw and the original key. CONDITION: pistols have re-blued barrels over a fair number of scratches from use of barrel wrench. Actions cleaned to silver gray. Traces of blue remain on folding triggers. Stocks are good with what appears to be original finish; checkering lightly worn. Bores are good with some light frosting. Mechanically good. Case is very fine with most of its original exterior finish. Interior cloth, probably renewed, is very fine. Label is artificially aged. Accessories are very good; showing cleaning. A very attractive set. (01-26845/MGM). ANTIQUE. $2,000-3,000.