4432 VERY GOOD "AS FOUND" CASED PAIR OF SAW HANDLE

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[?]Live Online Auction Starts In 2025 Nov 02 @ 10:00 (UTC-04:00 : AST/EDT)
Category Firearms & Military
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Start Price 2,500.00 USD
Estimated at 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD
FLINTLOCK DUELLING/HOLSTER PISTOLS BY W. PARKER. Cal. 58. S# NSN. This fine quality pair of pistols were probably made between 1805-1810. They have 10" slightly swamped octagon twist barrels with under ribs that are engraved "Gunmaker to his Majesty" on top flats. Inset patent breeches with platinum lined touch holes have gold bands at rears behind large gold crowned poincon marked "W. PARKER" "HOLBORN" "LONDON". Breech irons have integral filed "U" notch rear sights and are feather engraved. Locks with flat plates are fitted with serpentine cocks with back sliding safetys, deeply filed waterproof pans, bridled roller frizzens and feather springs with bulbous finials with small teats. Lockplates and cocks are engraved with feather borders and have some floral scroll. "W. PARKER" is at the center of each lockplate. Triggers are set. Spurred trigger guards are engraved with stand of arms on bows and have stylized pineapple finials. Saw handled stocks of dense root European walnut with checkered and flared grips are deeply grooved at tops of handles to aid in sighting. Flat case hardened grip caps are engraved with feather borders. Vacant silver rectangular crest plates are on side panels. Forend tips are silver. Stocks attach to barrels with captive side bolts through rectangular silver escutcheons. Ebony ramrods with brass tips have brass tails (worms under caps) and mount through plain pipes and nicely filed thimbles. UNTTACHED ACCESSORIES: pistols are housed in their original mahogany case with small "D" ring handle on top and duel pivoting hook closure. Interior is lined in green cloth and the remnants of an original Parker label is in lid. Case contains a greenheart brass and ebony loading/cleaning rod, three compartment ball, powder and patch flask with red Morocco cover, nutcracker type ball mould marked "26" and a steel barrel wrench for some other gun. Two covered compartments with brass knobs hold old flints and misc. bits. CONDITION: fine original "as found" showing a large amount of original finish on all parts but with considerable spotting and staining from poor storage. Barrels retain most of their original finish considerably stained and lightly pitted. A large amount of original case color remains on patent breeches and locks which also show speckling and probable associated light pitting. Most bright blue remains on triggers. Trigger guards retain nearly 80% of their bright blue. Stocks retain nearly all of their original finish with some scattered marks some quite heavy on one pistol. Silver is deeply tarnished. Bores are considerably rusted. One pistol is complete; the other has a broken feather spring (piece in case) and replaced lock screw. This pistol also has some deep marks in wood at bottom of lock; probably from attempts at lock removal. Set triggers work. Locks are crisp; safetys gummed. Case retains nearly all of its original finish with some marks and rubs. Interior cloth shows some insect damage and fading. Label shows considerable insect damage and has tattered appearance. Partitions are good. Accessories appear original and are good. This attractive pair of pistols could profit from a judicious and sympathetic cleaning. (01-27974/MGM). ANTIQUE. $5,000-10,000.