A Flintlock Officers Pistol by E. Baker of London. With round sighted barrel, stamped with London proofs, plain tang, flat bevelled lock signed ‘E. BAKER’ ring neck cock (small crack at front of cock) full-stocked in walnut with regulation brass mounts comprising side-plate, trigger guard engraved ‘309’, ramrod pipe and captive ramrod. 

BAKER

Ezekiel born 1758. Workman of Henry Nock (to whom formally apprenticed), 1785-7. Gun barrel maker, 8 Fieldgate Street., 1789-90. Gunmaker, 23 Little Alie Street., 24 Whitechapel Road., 1804-23; also at Pall Mall, 1814. Proof House at Size Yard, Whitechapel Road., used special proof marks. Traded as Ezekiel Baker & son, 1823-36. Gunmaker to Ordnance from 1794; East India Co., 1803-22. Gunmaker in Ordinary George IV. His rifle adopted by British Army in 1800 and named after him. Author of Remarks on Rifle Guns 1801. Cavalry Rifle adopted, 803. Inventor of improved flintlocks, bayonets, bullet moulds and a gun stocking machine. Awarded silver medals by Royal Society of Arts, 1816, 1821-2. Died 1836. 

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

Dimensions:

Bore: 16 Bore 

Barrel Length: 8.75 Inches (22.25 cm)

Overall Length: 15 Inches (38.10 cm)