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LOT 3273
Cased Pair of Engraved and Gold and Silver
Accented E. & W. Bond Percussion Dueling
Pistols -A) E. & W. Bond Percussion Pistol - Serial
no. 8246, 45 cal., 9 1/2 inch octagon bbl., brown/
casehardened/blue/silver/gold finish, walnut
stock. These c. 1840s percussion pistols feature
smoothbore Damascus barrels with small post
front sights, “45. Cornhill London, Gun Makers to
the Honble. E. I. Compy.” signed on top, “E & W/
Bond” signed casehardened breech plugs with gold
bands and pierced platinum plugs, and notch rear
sights on the standing breeches. “8246” is marked
on the lower left barrel flat, breech hook, and on
the forend under the barrel of each pistol. The back
action locks are signed “E & W. BOND.” in banners.
The locks and spurred trigger guards feature foliate,
scroll, martial trophy, and border engraving. The
pistols are fitted with adjustable single set triggers,
silver forend caps and escutcheons, and half-stocks
with checkered grips. The wrist escutcheons are
engraved with heraldic design from the Folliott
family’s coat of arms. The mahogany case lid
escutcheon is engraved with a lion and torse crest
above the name “George Folliott.” George Folliott,
Esq. (1801-1851) of Chester, son of William Harwood
Folliott purchased Vicars Cross House in 1838 and
owned multiple noted works of art (see pages 49-50
of “The Mansions of England and Wales...” by Edward
Twycross). The interior of the case lid features a
large trade label with the coat of arms of the East
India Company above the trade label of E. Bond.
The case contains a leather wrapped powder flask,
covered worm and measuring attachments, oiler,
“62” marked ball mold, and a nipple wrench.
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