CASED PAIR OF HOLYOAKE, LOWNES & CO. MEMPHIS TENNESSEE DERINGERS.

SN NSN. This is possibly the only pair of “Holyoake, Lownes & Co. Memphis” deringers extant. These guns are very close but not an exact matching pair. Each gun measures about 7″ overall though overall bbl length including breeches are 3-11/16″. Engraving styles are close but different as is the cross hatching in stocks and placement and size of thumbplate escutcheons, otherwise guns match quite well as can be seen in photographs. Eberhart & Wilson in their text The Deringer in America Vol. 1 state this firm probably never made guns and were just agents as these guns have very similar flower shaped buttcaps to products of Franz and Frederick Lins of Philadelphia. Regardless of the actual manufacturer this is possibly the only pair of pistols with this agent mark that will ever come to market. PROVENANCE: Collection of John Montague. CONDITION: Very good overall. One gun being better overall than the other. Light color gun has gray metal overall with typical staining and pitting. Engraved iron trigger guard and German silver mounts are well fit on stock with minor chipping at base of lock and normal scratches and blemishes seen after 150 years. About 80% of the orig varnish is still present. Second gun which is darker retains only traces of varnish and has glued repair to break in wrist causing gaps around lock which has gaps though other mounts are well fit. Functionally both guns function though the darker gun does not hold on half cock. Bores retain well defined rifling in a pitted bore. Accompanying casing which is not contemporary and made strictly for display retains flask, mold, nipple wrench, balls and cap tin. 4-54310 JS191 (6,500-8,500) – Lot 3427

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2014

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	3427	$8,050.00	CASED PAIR OF HOLYOAKE, LOWNES & CO. MEMPHIS TENNESSEE DERINGERS. SN NSN. This is possibly the only pair of “Holyoake, Lownes & Co. Memphis” deringers extant. These guns are very close but not an exact matching pair. Each gun measures about 7″ overall though overall bbl length including breeches are 3-11/16″. Engraving styles are close but different as is the cross hatching in stocks and placement and size of thumbplate escutcheons, otherwise guns match quite well as can be seen in photographs. Eberhart & Wilson in their text The Deringer in America Vol. 1 state this firm probably never made guns and were just agents as these guns have very similar flower shaped buttcaps to products of Franz and Frederick Lins of Philadelphia. Regardless of the actual manufacturer this is possibly the only pair of pistols with this agent mark that will ever come to market. PROVENANCE: Collection of John Montague. CONDITION: Very good overall. One gun being better overall than the other. Light color gun has gray metal overall with typical staining and pitting. Engraved iron trigger guard and German silver mounts are well fit on stock with minor chipping at base of lock and normal scratches and blemishes seen after 150 years. About 80% of the orig varnish is still present. Second gun which is darker retains only traces of varnish and has glued repair to break in wrist causing gaps around lock which has gaps though other mounts are well fit. Functionally both guns function though the darker gun does not hold on half cock. Bores retain well defined rifling in a pitted bore. Accompanying casing which is not contemporary and made strictly for display retains flask, mold, nipple wrench, balls and cap tin. 4-54310 JS191 (6,500-8,500) – Lot 3427 Auction: Firearms - Fall 2014 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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CASED PAIR OF HOLYOAKE, LOWNES & CO. MEMPHIS TENNESSEE DERINGERS.