{"product_id":"silver-mounted-flintlock-pocket-pistols-by-heylin-ref-9350","title":"Silver Mounted Flintlock Pocket Pistols by Heylin. Ref 9350","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003eA Very Fine Pair of Silver Mounted Flintlock Pocket Pistols by Heylin. 9 ½” overall 3 5\/8” three stage turn off 50 bore cannon barrels, numbered ‘1’ \u0026amp; ‘2’ respectively \u0026amp; stamped below at the breeches with London proofs \u0026amp; Heylin’s own mark, border engraved box lock actions profusely decorated with stands of arms sprays of foliage, signed on foliate scrolls to the right, ‘HEYLIN CORNHILL’ \u0026amp; ‘LONDON’ to the left, tangs engraved with scrolling foliage, sliding trigger guard safety catch. Border engraved swelling walnut butts with cast \u0026amp; chased silver mounts comprising signed escutcheons, engraved with a crest of a German King’s crown (we have not been able to identify which king) over ‘P Cp C’, \u0026amp; butt masks with a rampant lion on a fortress with ‘IK’ hallmark for Joseph Keays. Presented on a well made display stand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003eCirca 1770.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eNo hallmark dating letter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003eThis is a very fine pair of pistols manufactured by one of the most talented London gunmakers in the late 18th century. Pistols in very good condition, crisp \u0026amp; unrubbed. One cock appears to have an old contemporary repair.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;\"\u003eJoseph Heylin, Gunmaker, at the Cross Guns, Cornhill, 1757-1801. Made free of Gunmakers Co., by redemption, proof piece \u0026amp; mark, 1757. Elected Assistant, 1773; Master in 1777. Gunmaker and stone crossbow maker, 48 Cornhill, 1757-79; 100 Bishopsgate Within, 1780-1; Aldersgate Street 1796. Contractor to East India Co., 1773-7; Hudson Bay Co., 1775-7; African Merchants Co., 1760. Died 1801.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;\"\u003eSee ‘Georgian Pistols’ by Norman Dixon pages\u003ci\u003e 44-58\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u0026amp;\u003c\/i\u003e ‘A Georgian Gunmaker 1730-1801', The Journal of the Arms \u0026amp; Armour Society, Vol. XVII, No. 3 March 2002. For the silver mark see The Journal of the Arms \u0026amp; Armour Society \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eVol xxv No3 March 2026 .\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e                                                                    \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: white;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: white;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: white;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"West Street Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55630268596600,"sku":"9350","price":3495.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0442\/7107\/5481\/files\/Flintlock-Pocket-Pistols-Heylin-antique-gun-for-sale-uk-9350a.jpg?v=1786612624","url":"https:\/\/antiquearmsandarmour.com\/products\/silver-mounted-flintlock-pocket-pistols-by-heylin-ref-9350","provider":"West Street Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}