A Crisp Pair of Flintlock Officers Pistols by Phillips of London. With sighted octagonal barrels, engraved ‘LONDON’ along the top flats and stamped with Birmingham proofs, border engraved steel tangs, stepped bevelled locks, signed beneath the pans, full-stocked in walnut, with simple brass mounts comprising trigger guards decorated with shields surrounded by foliage and with pineapple finials, brass ramrod pipes, brass tipped ramrods with worms.
PHILLIPS
Henry Journeyman gunsmith, Gowers Walk, 1821; Luke St., 1838, Wells Yd., 1841 Census (age 50).
Dimensions:
Bore: 25 Bore
Barrel Length: 10 Inches (25.40 cm)
Overall Length: 14.5 Inches (36.83 cm)