A Percussion Travelling Pistol by Joe Manton, No. 3197 for 1805.

A Percussion Travelling Pistol by Joe Manton, No. 3197 for 1805. Converted from flintlock, with re-browned twist sighted barrel, patent breech with platinum line and rectangular platinum-lined maker’s stamp, foliate engraved tang with back-sight, flat bevelled lock (signature and engraving refreshed) with sliding safety-catch, figured full stock with chequered rounded butt and horn fore-end cap, border engraved steel mounts comprising butt-cap and trigger-guard, the latter with serial number in an oval against a martial trophy on the bow, trigger-plate with pineapple finial, vacant silver escutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons, and later horn-tipped ramrod;

Footnotes:
Provenance
The first W. Keith Neal Collection

Literature
W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, The Mantons: Gunmakers, 1967, p. 235
D.H.L. Back, The Mantons 1782-1878, 1993, p. 89

Dimensions:
Bore: 38 Bore
Barrel Length: 5.75 Inches (14.60 cm)
Overall Length: 10.5 Inches (26.67 cm)