A Pair of Percussion Pistols
A Highly Unusual Pair of Percussion Pocket Pistols by Charles Lancaster, London. With octagonal turn-off barrels engraved with bands of foliage at the muzzles and signed; ‘C.LANCASTER LONDON’ on the top flat, profusely scroll engraved steel box-lock actions decorated with plaited band borders, fitted with profusely engraved sliding thumb-piece safety catches, profusely engraved butt caps with traps, chequered grips with rectangular silver escutcheons depicting rampant dragons; cased in their original leather bound, flush fitting case, comprising bullet mould, barrel key and three-way powder flask (damage to the rear). The pistols were made to fit into a compartment in a dressing box and it is exceptionally rare to find a pair like these on the market.
