{"id":344,"date":"2012-01-04T15:29:21","date_gmt":"2012-01-04T20:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/?p=344"},"modified":"2015-06-01T13:02:53","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T17:02:53","slug":"1776-silver-mounted-english-officers-pistol-by-griffin-towe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/?p=344","title":{"rendered":"1776 Silver Mounted English Officers Pistol by Griffin & Towe"},"content":{"rendered":"

This lovely pistol came from a home in Mystic Connecticut and has initials engraved on the silver wrist plate of H S . The lock is marked ” Griffin & Towe “<\/strong>, which are well known English gun makers from the 18th century. All furniture is silver and the trigger guard has a hallmark indicating the 1776<\/strong> date. There is a beautiful fan carving at the end of the tang and nice raised borders around the lock plates. The trigger guard and finial have a floral engraving as well as the barrel tang. The barrel is 8 inches long with a 3 inch octagon section turning to round with a double ring in between.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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