A Flintlock Duelling Pistol by Wogdon & Barton. With sighted octagonal barrel, signed Wogdon & Barton London in script along the top-flat, with gold touch-hole, foliate engraved tang also incorporating rear-sight, signed stepped lock, fitted with a sliding safety, full-stocked in walnut (repair to fore-end) cut with chequering at the grip, steel mounts comprising trigger guard with pineapple finial, decorated with a shield surrounded by foliage on the bow and retaining traces of original blue, turned ramrod pipes and original loading rod. 

WOGDON/WOGDEN

Robert Apprentice to Edward Newton, gunmaker, Grantham, Lincs, 1748. Gunmaker at Mr Maws haberdasher, Cockspur Street, Charing Cross, 1764; Haymarket, 1774-1802. With John Barton traded as Wogdon & Barton, from 1795, succeeded by Barton, 1803. Famous for duelling pistols. Poem, Stanzas on Duelling, by an Irish Volunteer, 1783, began Hail Wogden, Patron of that Leaden death.

WOGDON & BARTON

Robert Wogdon & John Barton Gunmakers, 14 Haymarket, 1795-1803. Gunmakers to Bow St. Police, 1801-3. 

Howard L. Blackmore (1986) Gunmakers Of London, 1350-1850. George Shumway Publisher. USA.

Dimensions:

Bore: 22-Bore

Barrel Length: 10 Inches (25.40 cm)

Overall Length: 15 Inches (38.10 cm)