A Rifled 22-Bore Flintlock Pistol by P. Bond London.
A Rifled 22-Bore Flintlock Pistol by P. Bond London. With round turn-off barrel, cut with rifling and fitted with a side-mounted sprung bayonet (bayonet catch at end of barrel absent – see photographs) border engraved box-lock action, signed ’No. 45 CORNHILL LONDON’ within an oval to the left and ‘P.BOND’ within an oval above the bayonet catch, fitted with a sliding safety catch that also locks the pan, border engraved cock, replacement top-jaw screw, swelling chequered butt, with silver butt cap. Tower of London private proofs.
P. BOND
Philip, John, Joseph, Son of Edward, apprenticed to Thomas Tringham 1774; free of Goldsmiths Co., 1871. Gunmaker and Sword Cutler, 45 Cornhill, 1794-1816; 59 Lombard Street., 1794-1803. Viewer to Hudson’s Bay Co., 1790-1815. Died 1816.
Howard L. Blackmore (1986) Gunmakers Of London, 1350-1850. George Shumway Publisher. US
Dimensions:
Bore: 22 Bore
Barrel Length: 6 Inch (15.24 cm)
Overall Length: 12 Inches (30.48 cm)
£795.00
1 in stock
