A pair of Scottish all steel pistols by Isaac Bissell around 1780 with the typical rams horn butts with a pick for cleaning the touch holes between the horns, locks marked BISSELL and c 19,7 cm long round barrels in calibre c 14,5 mm marked RHR for Royal Highland Regiment as well as double proofs. On the left hand side belt hooks. Both pistols have slender iron ramrods with round heads.
Isaac Bissell work in Birmangham c 1776–1783.
The iron slightly spotted. The cocks cannot stand. One pistol mechanically defect.
Paintings, furniture and varia, 27 January 2020
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