A Rifled Percussion Pistol by Fenton of London. With heavy sighted octagonal barrel signed along the top-flat, border engraved tang fitted with rear-sight, border engraved lock decorated with scrolling foliage throughout, cock decorated en-suite, half-stocked in walnut, cut with chequering at the grip (old repair underneath the lock - see photographs) horn forehand cap, steel mounts comprising trigger guard, decorated with foliage on the bow and pineapple finial, turned ramrod pipe and horn-tipped ramrod. 

FENTON Richard

Gunmaker, 19 Shoemaker Row, Blackfriars, 1792 - 1815. Free of Loriners Co., by redemption, 1807. Devised improved rifle sights incorporating platinum strip, 1808 (Beaufoy). Member of Duke of Cumberland Sharpshooters, won Gold Medal 1810.

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

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