Spring 2026 Premier Firearms & Militaria Auction
February 26th, February 27th, February 28th, and March 1st, 2026
This auction will feature an outstanding collection of items spanning multiple categories including Modern, Military, Sporting, & Antique firearms & militaria! Below is just a small grouping of select highlights from the massive offering to be featured in this upcoming sale!
VERY GOOD “AS FOUND” CASED PAIR OF SAW HANDLE FLINTLOCK DUELLING/HOLSTER PISTOLS BY W. PARKER
01-27974 | Cal. 58. | S# NSN.
This fine quality pair of pistols were probably made between 1805-1810. They have 10″ slightly swamped octagon twist barrels with under ribs that are engraved “Gunmaker to his Majesty” on top flats. Inset patent breeches with platinum lined touch holes have gold bands at rears behind large gold crowned poincon marked “W. PARKER” “HOLBORN” “LONDON”. Breech irons have integral filed “U” notch rear sights and are feather engraved. Locks with flat plates are fitted with serpentine cocks with back sliding safetys, deeply filed waterproof pans, bridled roller frizzens and feather springs with bulbous finials with small teats. Lockplates and cocks are engraved with feather borders and have some floral scroll. “W. PARKER” is at the center of each lockplate. Triggers are set. Spurred trigger guards are engraved with stand of arms on bows and have stylized pineapple finials. Saw handled stocks of dense root European walnut with checkered and flared grips are deeply grooved at tops of handles to aid in sighting. Flat case hardened grip caps are engraved with feather borders. Vacant silver rectangular crest plates are on side panels. Forend tips are silver. Stocks attach to barrels with captive side bolts through rectangular silver escutcheons. Ebony ramrods with brass tips have brass tails (worms under caps) and mount through plain pipes and nicely filed thimbles. UNTTACHED ACCESSORIES: pistols are housed in their original mahogany case with small “D” ring handle on top and duel pivoting hook closure. Interior is lined in green cloth and the remnants of an original Parker label is in lid. Case contains a greenheart brass and ebony loading/cleaning rod, three compartment ball, powder and patch flask with red Morocco cover, nutcracker type ball mould marked “26” and a steel barrel wrench for some other gun. Two covered compartments with brass knobs hold old flints and misc. bits.
STATUS: ANTIQUE.
