A Flintlock Blunderbuss Pistol by Press. With octagonal to round belled barrel with sprung bayonet fitted above, engraved ‘LONDON’ along the top flat with London Proofs at the breech, foliate engraved tang incorporating bayonet release  catch, signed, stepped bevelled lock, the cock an old replacement, full-stocked in walnut with brass mounts, trigger guard engraved with a flower head on the bow and pineapple finial, brass tipped ramrod. 

PRESS, Edward [about 1800]

Made flintlock holster pistols, with brass mounts. Shop at Bristol, Gloucestershire. 

A. Merwyn Carey (1954) English, Irish and Scottish Firearms Makers, Acro Publishing Company, New York. 

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