A Pair of 32-Bore Rifled Percussion Officers Pistols by Charles Lancaster, No. 348. With heavy sighted octagonal barrels, signed €CHARLES LANCSTER 151 NEW BOND St LONDON€ fitted with rear-sights, case hardened breech blocks with single platinum lines and pierced platinum plugs, foliate engraved steel tangs, profusely engraved signed locks with sliding safety catches, half-stocked in walnut with horn fore-ends, engraved steel mounts, comprising engraved butt cap, numbered trigger guards and stylised pineapple finials, with horn tipped ramrods with worms: in an associated case containing all accessories including bullet mould, powder flask etc. 

Notes

The pistols were made in 1833 for a R. H. Wood esq. 

LANCASTER 

Charles Best Gun Barrel Maker, 10 Craven Buildings, Drury Lane, 1811-18; coach & Horse Yard, Great Titchfield Street, 1822-4; 2 Thomas Place, Hampstead Road (workshop) 26 York Street, Gloucester Place (residence) 151 New Bond Street (Shop). 1826-9 Gunmaker, 151 New Bond Street, 1829-47. Barrel maker to Joseph Manton. Died 1847.

Dimensions:

Bore: 18 Bore

Barrel Length: 10 Inches (25.40 cm)

Overall Length: 15.5 Inches (39.37 cm)