A Superb Pair of Flintlock Duelling Pistols by Wogdon & Barton, With browned sighted barrels engraved ‘Wogdon & Barton London’ along the top flats and stamped underneath with London proofs and Wogdons barrel smith mark, decorated with geometric designs at the breech and with gold touch-holes, foliate engraved tangs incorporating rear-sights, signed, stepped, bevelled locks with sliding safety catches and set-triggers, full-stocked in walnut with blued steel mounts comprising trigger guard, decorated with a spray of foliage on the bow and stylised pineapple finial and engraved ramrod pipes, in superb condition overall retain much original finish, cased in a contemporary pistol box lined and fitted, with some accessories including bullet mould, turn-screw and red leather covered three-way flask, the exterior with flush fitting brass carrying handle and circular brass escutcheon. 

WOGDON/WOGDEN

Robert Apprentice to Edward Newton, gunmaker, Grantham, Lincs, 1748. Gunmaker at Mr Maw’s haberdasher, Cockspur Street, Charing Cross, 1764; Haymarket, 1774-1802. With John Barton traded as Wogdon & Barton, from 1795, succeeded by Barton, 1803. Famous for duelling pistols. Poem, Stanzas on Duelling, by an Irish Volunteer, 1783, began ‘Hail Wogden, Patron of that Leaden death….’

WOGDON & BARTON

Robert Wogdon & John Barton Gunmakers, 14 Haymarket, 1795-1803. Gunmakers to Bow St. Police, 1801-3. 

Howard L. Blackmore (1986) Gunmakers Of London, 1350-1850. George Shumway Publisher. USA. 

Dimensions:

Bore: 28 Bore

Barrel Length: 10 Inches (25.40 cm)

Overall Length: 15 Inches (38.10 cm)