An Early Flintlock Queen Anne Pistol by Maskall of London.
An Early Flintlock Queen Anne Pistol by Maskall of London. With two-stage cannon barrel, breech engraved ‘LONDINI’ and with a band of foliage at the breech, double border line engraved action and tang, decorated with scrolling foliage, stamped with London proofs and barrel smiths mark, figured globose butt carved in relief with foliage behind the tang and around the lock and side-plate, silver scrolling side-plate, escutcheon (faint traces of original owners crest) and grotesque mask.
MASCALL/MASKALL
Ann Widow of Richard. Gunmaker 1721-6.
John Son of Richard. Apprentice to mother, in Gunmakers Co., 1724.
Richard 1 Apprentice to Thomas Fort, 1689; free of Gunmakers Co., 1697. Gunmaker Kings St., Covent Gdn. Died 1721. Business continued by widow, Ann.
Richard 2 Gunmaker, ‘allied’ to prove, paying Foreyne Dutyes’, 1717. Free of Gunmakers Co. And proof pieces, 1720. Died 1724.
Richard 3 Son of Richard (1) apprenticed to Edward Birchett, in Gunmakers Co., 1727.
Howard L. Blackmore (1986) Gunmakers Of London, 1350-1850. George Shumway Publisher. USA.
Dimensions:
Bore: 18 Bore
Barrel Length: 7 Inches (17.78 cm)
Overall Length: 11.5 Inches (29.21 cm)
£1,650.00
1 in stock
