A Good Flintlock Pocket Pistol by Harcourt & Son of Ipswich.  With blued round barrel decorated with a band of foliage at the muzzle and struck below with Birmingham proofs, border engraved box-lock action decorated with stands of arms and signed within an oval to the left and with ‘IPSWICH’ to the right, sliding safety catch that also locks the pan, slab sided walnut grip. A very good example. 

Harcourt, John [1780-1830]

Shop in Ipswich, Suffolk. Made box-lock flintlock pocket pistols and cased flintlock duelling pistols with all accessories. Under Royal Government contract made flintlock holster pistols and blunderbuss type of flintlock naval boarding pistols with spring bayonet. 

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

Dimensions:

Bore: 54 Bore

Barrel Length: 1.75 Inches (4.5 cm)

Overall Length: 6 Inches (15.25 cm)