A Flintlock Holster Pistol by Hadley of London.
A Flintlock Holster Pistol by Hadley of London. With swamped brass barrel, engraved ‘London’ within an elongated tear-drop, stamped with London proofs and Hadleys own barrel smiths mark, decorated with foliage at the breech, plain steel tang, border engraved lock signed, ‘H. HADLEY’ and decorated with a spray of foliage at the tail, full-stocked in walnut cut with a raised apron around the tang, military style brass furniture comprising side-plate, butt cap, escutcheon engraved ‘No 4’ turned ramrod pipes and brass tipped ramrod (a replacement).
HADLEY
Henry Son of Charles. Lambeth St., 1734-44; Red Lion Street., Goodman’s Fields, 1744-9; Suffolk St., Strand, 1755-71. At Church St., St. Martin’s, 1771. In 1735 threatened with prosecution as he had not served proper apprenticeship with father, but from 1742 allowed to bind apprentices, in Gunmakers CO. Contractor to Ordnance, 1756. Noted for series of silver-mounted pistols with Spanish-style barrels: two pairs in the Royal Collection, Windsor, and one in the Tower Armouries. Died 1773.
Dimensions:
Bore: 20 Bore
Barrel Length: 9.25 Inches (23.50 cm)
Overall Length: 15 Inches (38.10 cm)
£1,150.00
1 in stock
