A 22 Bore Flintlock Holster Pistol by Grice. With swamped brass barrel signed ‘London’ within a tear-drop and stamped with Tower private proofs, foliate engraved steel tang, border engraved brass lock, with foliate engraved steel cock, full-stocked in walnut with raised mouldings around the tang and lock, brass mounts comprising pierced side-plate, escutcheon and butt cap, with border engraved trigger guard with acanthus leaf finial, turned ramrod pipes, with original brass tipped ramrod with worm. 

GRICE 

James Gun Manufacturer, 2 Whistlers Ct., Cannon St., 1793-6. Joseph Grice (1782-97) and William Grice (1766-90), gunmakers, Birmingham, also marked guns ‘London’.

John Gunsmith, Ratcliff, 1712-14

Thomas Apprenticed to John Willows in Gunmakers Co., 1704

William Junr. Gunmaker, near Salters Hill, Cannon St., 1803. 

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

Dimensions:

Bore: 22 Bore 

Barrel Length: 8 Inches (20.32 cm)

Overall Length: 13.5 Inches (34.29 cm)