A Pair of Silver Mounted Flintlock Queen Anne Pistols by John Williams, Circa 1720.
ID: 5806
A Pair of Silver Mounted Flintlock Queen Anne Pistols by John Williams, Circa 1720. With two-stage cannon barrels, each with pronounced ring at the muzzle and engraved with bands of foliage the breech, border engraved tangs each secured by a screw and extending as a trefoil over the breech, shaped border engraved actions, signed ‘JOHN WILLIAMS’ beneath the pans, foliate engraved cocks, fitted with safety catches (one frizen expertly replaced) trigger guards each with foliate finial, figured swelling butts (small repair to one) with raised mouldings around the tangs, cast and chased silver mounts, comprising serpent side-plates, escutcheons with traces of original crests, large foliate engraved butt-caps.
Williams
John Apprentice to Thomas Williams, 1693; free of Gunmakers Co., 1700. Proof piece, 1701. Elected Assistant, 1723; Master 1728. Gunmaker to Ordnance, 1702-19; East India Co., 1711-26; Hudson Bay Co., 1715-31; Royal African Co., 1715-22. Proved 34,261 muskets, 697 1/2 pairs pistols, 125 musketoons, 50 Blunderbusses, 1721-31. Died 1731. Business continued by widow, Elizabeth.
Dimensions:
Bore: 16 Bore
Barrel Length: 4.5 Inches (11.43 cm)
Overall Length: 11 Inches (27.94 cm)