GEORGE III BRASS BARREL FLINTLOCK OFFICER’S PISTOL WITH MASQUE BUTT BY I. JOSEPH OF LIVERPOOL CIRCA LATE 1700’S.
Guns International #: 100511272 Seller's Inventory #: 25524
Category: Antique Pistols - Flintlock - Handguns - English Pistols
Seller's Information
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Seller: David Condon, Inc.
Company: David Condon, Inc.
Member Since: 9/24/08
First Name: Britton
Last Name: Condon
State: Virginia
Zip: 20118
Country: United States
Phone: (540) 687-5642
Fax: (540) 687-5649
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Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
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Description:
GEORGE III BRASS BARREL FLINTLOCK OFFICER’S PISTOL WITH MASQUE BUTT BY I. JOSEPH OF LIVERPOOL CIRCA LATE 1700’S. 15” o/a with 9” round brass .60 caliber smoothbore barrel with American style sights. Fine brass mounts with ornate grotesque masque brass butt cap with the so called “Charles Laughton” visage. Barrel with Birmingham Proof House View proofs and signed ‘LIVERPOOL”. Brass acorn finial trigger guard. Lock signed below the pan “I. JOSEPH. Walnut full length stock with wood ramrod. Very fine overall with mellow brass and good markings. Stock with very well done wood restoration on the forward part of the forend which you barely detect. Lock in working order. I. Joseph was a Liverpool, Lancashire maker and is listed in Merwyn Cary’s book ENGLISH, IRISH AND SCOTTISH GUNMAKERS” p. 54. Very handsome with a particularly nice masque butt cap.
SOLD
Antique: Yes