A Good Flintlock Pocket Pistol by H. Nock of London. With blued round barrel decorated with a band of foliage at the muzzle and struck below with Birmingham proofs, border engraved box-lock action decorated with stands of arms and signed within an oval to the left and with ‘LONDON’ to the right, sliding safety catch that also locks the pan, slab sided walnut grip. A very good example. 

Nock, Henry [1760-1810] 

Famous English gunsmith with shops in London and Birmingham. One of the first gunsmiths to use the sliding safety bar behind the hammer, locking the piece at half cock. In addition to the usual arms of flintlock pocket, and coach pistols, single and double barrel fowling pieces, and brass barrelled blunderbusses, he made many types of special types arms. For example, a seven barrel flintlock "volley gun" with one hammer that fired all barrels at the same time. These were used for boarding in naval actions. Four-barrel and seven-barrel revolving flintlock pistols and carbines of pepperbox type with one hammer and rotated by hand. Also heavy brass barrel swivel boat blunderbusses used by the Navy. Under Royal Government contract made flintlock carbines and muskets.

A. Merwyn Carey (1954) English, Irish and Scottish Firearms Makers, Acro Publishing Company, New York. 

Dimensions:

Bore: 54 Bore

Barrel Length: 2.25 Inches (

Overall Length: 7 Inches (