A Crisp 22 Bore Percussion D.B. Pistol by Mills & Son. With sighted browned double barrels, signed in full along the central rib, ‘MILLS & SON MAKERS 120 HIGH HOLBORN LONDON’ foliate engraved breech with single gold line, profusely engraved tang and screw, border line engraved back action locks, signed in full, decorated with foliage and fitted with sliding safety catches, cocks decorated en suite (one has small loss) full-stocked in walnut, the grip cut with very fine chequering (small crack) with engraved steel mounts comprising foliate engraved butt cap and trap, border engraved trigger guard decorated with a foliate spray on the bow, plain ramrod pipes and captive ramrod. 

MILLS

Williams (3) Apprentice to William Parker, 1797. Gunmaker, 59 Judd Street., Brunswick Square., 1821; 120 High Holborn, 1822-43. Factory at 1 King Street. Trade label claimed gunmaker to Queen Victoria. Made guns with superimposed charges on Jacob Mould's Pat.; revolvers of E.H. Colliers patent., Circa1830-5. Died 1837. Business continued by son, William Frederick, under father's name, and as W. Mills & Son. Gunmaker to Ordnance, 1836-9; East India Co., 1836-43. Bankrupt, 1843. 

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

Dimensions:

Bore: 22 Bore

Barrel Length: 4.5 Inches (11.43 cm)

Overall Length: 9 Inches (22.86 cm)