A Fine Quality Pair of Flintlock Silver Mounted Holster Pistols by Hutchinson of Dublin. 10 ¼” overall, 6” octagonal 25 bore barrels, floral engraved tangs, Birmingham proof mark to l/h side, top engraved ‘Hutchinson Dublin’. Underside stamped ‘STUBBS’, bead fore sight, bead engraved band at breech, flat stepped border moulded lockplate, floral engraved on tail, signed ‘Hutchinson’ below semi water proof pan, roller within tip of frizzen spring. Floral engraved swan necked cock, stamped on inside of lock ‘W.H’ makers stamp. Walnut full stock, hallmarked [C.F] for Charles Freeth silver mounts comprising oval butt caps, escutcheon with crest over ‘CJ’ , engraved side nail washers, trigger guard with acorn finial, ramrod & tail pipes, original Ivory tipped ramrods one with worm.
Birmingham Hallmarked [P] & [O] for 1787-89
William Hutchinson 1770-1 Dame Street, 1771-74 with Francis Lord, his father-in-law,
1774-1784 40 Dame Street. 1785-1811 8 Dame Street
Charles Freeth of Birmingham was an accomplished silversmith working from the end of the third quarter of the 18th century until the beginning of the 19th. He is best known for the exquisite silver mounts he produced for the most high profile London and Birmingham gunmakers in the early part of this period.
See Directory of Early Irish Gunmakers by David Stroud page 182
A Directory of the Early Irish Gunmakers by David J.W. Stroud (New Title) | Ramrod Antiques
This item is registered (ref Q6D235GV) for the ‘less than 10% by volume’ exemption to the Ivory Act 2018 and therefore we are legally allowed to sell it. UK sale only - NOT FOR EXPORT.