A Pair of Percussion Officers Pistols by Jones & Son of London. With sighted octagonal barrels signed along the top-flats and decorated with a gold band at the breeches, foliate engraved tangs, signed back-action locks decorated with scrolling foliage and fitted with sliding safety catches that lock at half-cock, cocks decorated en-suite, full stocked in walnut, cut with a small band of crisp chequering at the grip, decorated with small silver butt caps engraved with a sun burst and with silver barrel bolt escutcheons, steel furniture throughout, comprising foliate engraved trigger guards with stylised pineapple finials, ramrod pipes and stirrup ramrods, the pistols in beautiful ‘sleepy’ condition, the grips are very fine and the barrels retain traces of their original finish. 

JONES & SON

Gun wholesalers, 116 Minories, 1826-9. Also at Whittal Street, Birmingham, 1811-30.

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

Dimensions:

Bore: 18 Bore 

Barrel Length: 9 Inches (22.86 cm)

Overall Length: 14.5 Inches (36.83 cm)