Pair of 10-bore pistols by Boss & Co of St James’s Street – £8550 at Bonhams.
Pair of 20-bore rifled pistols made c.1862 by Charles Lancaster of New Bond Street for the Maharajah of Jodhpur – £24,000 at Thomas Del Mar.
In the days of the British Raj there was no shortage of would-be shikaris hoping to bag a tiger in India. At the same time plenty of London gunsmiths were ready to supply them with all the fire-power they could persuade them to buy.