Arms, Armour and Militaria

A pair of brass framed box-lock 22 bore cannon barreled flintlock pistols by Hugh Varncomb of Bristol, circa 1784,12cm turn off barrels, Birmingham view and proof marks, box-lock centre hammers, trigger guards engraved with a rose, walnut stocks finely inlaid with silver wire bag shaped butts with grotesque embossed silver mask butt caps, lacking top jaws and screws, actions stiff and signs of old polishing overall, now contained in a modern close-fitting case £600-800