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Peter Harris Clocks & Militaria has dated this piece to the 18th Century.
London proof marks on the left, engraved steel tang, signed rounded lock engraved with sprays of foliage and border ornament, figured walnut full stock (small repairs), carved with a moulding about the barrel tang, full brass mounts comprising engraved spurred pommel, pierced rococo side-plate, trigger-guard with acorn finial, escutcheon engraved with the owner's initials 'JAB', a pair of ramrod-pipes and ramrod with iron worm.
Richard Wilson born 1703. Apprenticed to his uncle Thomas Green, 1718; free of Gunmakers Co., 1725. Proof piece and mark, 1730. Elected Assistant, 1734; Master, 1741. Gunmaker, at the Fowler, Minories, took over business of Agnes Green, 1730. Contractor to Ordnance, from 1746; East India Co., 1733-6; Hudson’s Bay Co., 1730-56; Royal African Co., 1739. With son William became Richard & William Wilson & Co., 1757-9; Richard Wilson & Co., 1759-66. Died 1766.
Richard (1) Wilson (1703-66) is recorded at the Minories from 1730.
Richard Wilson founded what was to become probably
the largest single gunmaking firm in London until at, the very
least, the final decades of the 18th Century. He was born of humble
north-country yeoman stock late in 1702. Richard Wilson
was the son of Richard Wilson of Kirkby Steven, in the county
of Westmorland. One of the most important gunmakers of the 18th century.
Measurements:
35cm total length.
20.3 cm barrel.
Wieght. 817 grams
Peter Harris Clocks & Militaria has dated this piece to the 18th Century.
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A Flintlock Pistol by Richard Wilson, Minories, London. London Proof Marks, Circa 1750, 16 Bore.
