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23rd October 2016, 01:39 PM
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Thanks, Richard. Here is a bigger and better photo of the escutcheon.
Hope your colleague can discover something. Neil |
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23rd October 2016, 02:11 PM
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OK Neil, I'll as Bill.
Thank you for the close up. That should be good enough! |
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23rd October 2016, 05:32 PM
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A heron's head erased holding in his beak a fish, very possibly the crest of the Beckford family, from England and Jamaica. William Beckford was Lord Mayor of London in the 1760's (probably the "Beckwith" Richard meant), but I suppose there would be other members of the family as candidates.
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24th October 2016, 06:39 AM
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Andreas,
In my post above, I mistakenly wrote "Beckwith" when I meant "Beckford"! I hadn't written the reference down and got it wrong (!) Thank you for correcting me! Neil, I asked Bill, and he checked 1,950 plates in Fairburns Crests and found nothing quite the same. Still I am sure Andreas has it! Best, Richard. |
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24th October 2016, 11:31 PM
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Richard and Andreas - many thanks for your efforts. I have made a note of Wm Beckford, Lord Mayor of London, or one of his close family (father or son only, to fit the date of the pistols), as original owner.
My kind regards to you both. Neil |
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25th October 2016, 11:44 AM
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I forgot to say that the trigger guards can slide forwards at half-cock to act as a safety catch.
Neil |
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25th October 2016, 10:27 PM
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