Philip Bond, LONDON
With10 inch octagonal twist sighted browned barrels signed ‘P. BOND, 45 CORNHILL – LONDON’ on the top flat, engraved with a band of foliage at the breech and with gold-lined touch-holes, tangs each engraved with foliage and a martial trophy, flat bevelled bolted locks each signed ‘P. BOND’, engraved with foliage and a sunburst, and with stepped tail and roller, figured walnut full stocks each with chequered butt, engraved iron mounts including blued spurred trigger-guards, vacant silver escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, original iron-mounted ramrods each with worm and powder measure, London proof marks, barrelsmith’s mark ‘P.B.’, in original fitted mahogany case lined with green baize with accessories including red leather covered brass-mounted three-way pistol-flask (minor damage to leather) and iron pincer-type bullet mould, the lid with brass carrying handle.