A Fine Percussion Officers Pistol by J. Beattie, London. With browned octagonal to round sighted barrel, engraved 'J. Beattie 205 Regent Street London' foliate engraved case-hardened breech, profusely engraved tang, incorporating back sight, signed border engraved lock fitted with sliding safety catch, full stocked in walnut, cut with a band of chequering at the grip, blued steel mounts throughout, comprising butt cap with trap, trigger guard decorated with scrolling foliage on the bow and a stylised pineapple finial and ramrod pipe, completed with captive ramrod. In mint condition overall. 

BEATTIE

James Gunmaker and Percussion Cap Maker, 43 Upper Marylebone Street., 1832-5; Successor to Collinson Hall, 52 Upper Marylebone Street., 1836-46; 223 Regent Street., 1841-6; in partnership with Henry 1847; 205 Regent Street., 1848-63. Became James Beattie & Son, 1864-79, then James Beattie & Co., 188194. 

Howard L. Blackmore (1986) Gunmakers Of London, 1350-1850. George Shumway Publisher. USA.