A Pair of Silver Inlaid Cannon Barrels by Perry of London. With round three stage, turn off cannon barrels, stamped below with Tower of London proofs and decorated with a band at the breech, border engraved box-lock actions, signed ‘PERRY’ on a scroll surrounded bu foliage to the left and ‘LONDON’ on an oval surrounded by foliage to the right, sliding thumb-piece safety catches (both internal panels damaged - actions still functioning) swelling walnut butts inlaid with scrolling silver wire, vacant oval escutcheons and hallmarked silver grotesque masks, dated for 1784, trigger guards decorated with a foliate design.

Perry, William [about 1780]
Made flintlock brass barrel pocket pistols and brass barrel flintlock blunderbusses. Shop in Birmingham. 

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

PERRY
William, Gunmaker, Birmingham, 1776-88. Marked guns ‘London’. 

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

Dimensions:
Bore: 25 Bore
Barrel Length: 5.5 Inches (14 cm)
Overall Length: 12 Inches (30.50 cm)