{"product_id":"silver-mounted-flintlock-holster-pistol-by-h-delany-londini-ref-9344","title":"Silver Mounted Flintlock Holster Pistol by H. Delany Londini. Ref 9344","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003eA Fine Silver Mounted Flintlock Holster Pistol by H. Delany Londini. \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e15 ¼” overall, 9” swamped two-stage barrel turned at the girdle, breech with raised top flat signed \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e‘H.Delany Londini’ in capitals, engraved with acanthus at the rear \u0026amp; struck with London proof marks, gold lined touch hole, border engraved tang decorated with foliage \u0026amp; grooved for sighting, rounded lock with narrow raised edge \u0026amp; signed ‘ H.Delany’ in capitals on a foliate scroll, the tail decorated with a winged insect on a foliate scroll, rounded cock and steel. Moulded figured full stock lightly carved in relief with foliage behind the rear ramrod pipes \u0026amp; around the barrel tang, cast \u0026amp; chased silver mounts comprising sideplate pierced with scrolling foliage centred on a draped ledge, vacant escutcheon flanked by scrolls with a grotesque mask above \u0026amp; a Devil’s head below. Pommel with engraved spurs, decorated with symmetrical foliage on both side \u0026amp; with satyr’s mask cap centred on a border of scrolls, trigger guard with foliate finial, baluster ramrod pipes and horn tipped ramrod.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003eCirca 1725-30.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003eVery fine holster pistol in good condition, forend repaired.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003eHenry Delany (or Delaney), a Huguenot, was admitted to the freedom of the Gunmakers’ Company in 1715. He is recorded as a maker of fine breech-loading sporting guns and silver-mounted pistols, and was the maker of a large crossbow with built-in cranequin in the Marquis of Bath’s collection, Longleat. He retired in 1745, his will was proved the following year\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003eSee ‘Great British Gun Makers’\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e1540-1740, Niel \u0026amp; Back pages 405-10\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003eEx David Weaver Collection \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e                                           \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e                                       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"West Street Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55603001885048,"sku":"9344","price":3695.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0442\/7107\/5481\/files\/Flintlock-Holster-Pistol-Delany-antique-gun-for-sale-uk-9344a.jpg?v=1783934980","url":"https:\/\/antiquearmsandarmour.com\/products\/silver-mounted-flintlock-holster-pistol-by-h-delany-londini-ref-9344","provider":"West Street Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}