A Flintlock Overcoat Pistol
A 25 Bore Flintlock Overcoat Pistol by Nicholson of London, Circa 1800. With sighted octagonal barrel engraved ‘London’ along the top flat and struck with Tower private proofs, decorated with a band of foliage at the muzzle, the tang decorated en suite with raised rear sight, stepped, signed, bevelled lock, full-stocked in walnut cut with deep chequering at the butt, steel mounts comprising trigger guard decorated with foliage on the bow and with pineapple finial, turned ramrod pipes with horn tipped ramrod.
Howard L. Blackmore (1986) Gunmakers Of London, 1350-1850. George Shumway Publisher. USA.
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