‡ A FINE CASED PAIR OF 30 BORE SILVER-MOUNTED... Lot 381

‡ A FINE CASED PAIR OF 30 BORE SILVER-MOUNTED PELLET-LOCK PISTOLS BY CHARLES MOORE, LONDON, NO. 948, LONDON HALLMARKS, 1824, MAKER'S MARK E.B. with browned twist octagonal swamped barrels fitted with silver bead fore-sights on a gilt sunburst, inlaid with a gold panel of elaborate symmetrical foliage towards the breeches, struck with the serial number beneath, 'CM' and with no proof marks, case-hardened breeches inlaid with two gold lines, struck with gold-lined maker's patent stamp, serial number and with platinum plugs, engraved case-hardened breech tangs decorated with symmetrical foliage and border ornament, signed engraved case-hardened locks numbered on the inside, fitted with bolt safety-catches, engraved sprung gravity stops released by a spur on the base of the hammers and with rollers and platinum rondels, engraved spurred hammers with blued springs retaining the strikers, figured walnut full stocks, finely chequered butts, full silver mounts comprising numbered trigger-guards with pineapple finials (silver marks rubbed), oval pommel caps, moulded ramrod-pipes, vacant escutcheons, and barrel bolt escutcheons, horn fore-end caps, and horn-tipped ramrods, one with iron worm enclosed in a threaded brass terminal, and remaining in very good condition throughout: in an early Continental exotic hardwood case inlaid with a brass foliate panel on the outside of the lid (small cracks and losses), the interior with an early, probably original, green velvet lining, and complete with accessories comprising rare copper pellet dispenser by C. Moore, numbered 795, of flattened form with circular ratchet cover and blued spring, two-piece moulded iron nipple wrench, turnscrew by Colquhoun & Cadman, brass three-way flask by Sykes, oil bottle, rammer and bullet mould, and each pistol with brass inventory tag numbered '94' 10 cm; 4 in barrels The present pistols are adapted from the design patented by Westley Richards in 1821. Another pair of pistols built on the same sys