A fine cased pair of .46 calibre percussion target pistols by Charles Moore

A fine cased pair of .46 calibre percussion target pistols by Charles Moore, twist browned octagonal rifled barrels 9.75 in., top flats engraved '77 St James Street LONDON', border engraved break-off breeches with 'C. MOORE LONDON PATENT' to platinum poincons and each with a platinum band, border and scroll engraved lock plates signed 'C. MOORE. LONDON', acanthus engraved hammers, locks with safety bars and detentes to the tumblers, walnut half stocks with horn fore end caps, impressed mark 'EA' to the barrel channels, engraved steel trigger guards with pineapple finials and finger rests, vacant gold escutcheons, chequered butts, horn tipped ramrods - one with steel worm under screw-off brass cover, matching serial number 1320 repeated on the barrels, breeches, trigger guards, inside the locks, and in the barrel channels, green baize lined oak case with label for James Woodward and Sons 'Successors to Charles Moore', with combined bullet, powder and cap flask, bullet mould, turnscrew and pricker set, and rammer.

Charles Moore is listed at 77 St James Street between 1825 and 1842. (Blackmore)