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Well-Documented, Rare, and Highly Desirable Cased Pair of Silver Mounted, Gold Inlaid, and Engraved Robert Wogdon Flintlock Dueling Pistols Featured on the Cover of "London Gunmakers and the English Duelling Pistol 1770-1830" by Dill and Described as "Representative of Wogdon's Best Work" -A) Wogdon Dueling Pistol Well-Documented, Rare, and Highly Desirable Cased Pair of Silver Mounted, Gold Inlaid, and Engraved Robert Wogdon Flintlock Dueling Pistols Featured on the Cover of "London Gunmakers and the English Duelling Pistol 1770-1830" by Dill and Described as "Representative of Wogdon's Best Work" -A) Wogdon Dueling Pistol Robert Wogdon (1734-1813) remains arguably the most renowned of the English dueling pistol makers and specialized in them unlike many of London's other leading gunmakers who made a wide variety of firearms. His pistols were so widely used that a duel was also known as a "Wogdon affair," and the poem "Stanzas on Duelling Inscribed to Wogdon, the Celebrated Pistol-Maker" from 1782 starts with the lines "Hail Wogdon! Patron of that Leaden death!" A pair of Wogdon & Barton pistols were famously used in the Burr-Hamilton duel further cementing his name in history on the western side of the Atlantic. This pair represents Wogdon's highest grade pistols. The second pistol from this pair is shown on the front cover of "London Gunmakers and the English Duelling Pistol 1770-1830" by Keith R. Dill, and the cased pair is shown on page 16 in figure 13 along with the inside of one of the locks in figure 14. The pair is described by Dill as follows: "These duellers are representative of Wogdon's best work. They were produced just after 1790. Complete silver mounts by Moses Brent included ornate Britannia buttcaps and polygonal shaped ramrod pipes. There are no wedge ovals on these otherwise heavily silver mounted pistols. The lock signatures [Wogdon] are engraved in gold ovals inset into the lock plates. Even at this date Wogdon was still using a non waterproof pan, acorn trigger guard finials, two bolts to secure the lock and forward facing cock tips. Notice the leather bag style of powder flask that fits the narrow center case compartment. Each pistol weighs 1 lbs 11 ozs and is 14 3/4 inches in length. The 10 1/8 inch barrels are .55 caliber." The pistols also have dovetailed silver blade front sights, fixed notch rear sights, "Wogdon London" signed on top of the barrels, fine engraving, gold vent liners, sliding half-cock safeties, pierced scroll and martial pattern side plates, single set triggers, "M-B" silversmith marks and lion hallmarks inside the trigger guard bows, and smooth walnut stocks with flat sided wrists. One ramrod has an iron worm and screw-off powder measure. The mahogany case has green baize lining, a loading/cleaning rod, the noted leather powder flask, a double brush, a multi-tool, and a "32" marked mold. Manufacturer: Wogdon Model: Flintlock BBL: 10 inch octagon Stock: walnut Gauge: 55 Finish: brown/casehardened/gold/silver Serial NumberNSN Class: Antique B) Wogdon Dueling Pistol As described in "A". Manufacturer: Wogdon Model: Flintlock BBL: 10 inch octagon Stock: walnut Gauge: 55 Finish: brown/casehardened/silver/gold Serial NumberNSN Class: Antique