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Rare and Unusually Large Pair of 14 bore Box-Lock Overcoat Pistols

Ref: 359

Price: £3,250

Maker: Mather

Date: circa 1810

With 3¼ inch turn-off barrels each numbered ’14’ behind the barrel-lug, border engraved actions each signed within an oval between foliage and a swag Mather on the left and Newcastle on the right, engraved thumbpiece safety-catches also locking the steels, folding triggers, and figured flat-sided butts, Tower Private proof marks