A Clean Pair of Flintlock Pistols by Parker of London. With round browned sighted barrels, engraved ‘HIGH HOLBORN - LONDON’ bevelled signed locks fitted with sliding safety catches, full-stocked in walnut, with brass mounts comprising trigger guards and ram-rod pipes with stirrup ramrods.
PARKER
William Gunmaker (Successor of Field & Parker). 233 High Holborn, 1793-1841; 10 Chamber Street, 1839-41. Workshop & Stores at 22 Chamber Street., 1806; 52 & 31/2 Chamber St., 1808; Glasshouse Yard & Chamber Street. Gunmakers to Duke of Kent, Prince Edward & William IV (trade labels). Contractor to Ordnance, 1804-38; East India Co., 1805-41; Hudson Bay Co., 1837-41. Supplied Arms to London Police Officers from 1803, Metropolitan Police from 1829. Died aged 68. Succeeded by Parker, Field & Sons.
Howard L. Blackmore (1986) Gunmakers Of London, 1350-1850. George Shumway Publisher. USA.
Dimensions:
Bore: 18 Bore
Barrel Length: 11.5 cm (4.53 Inches)
Overall Length: 23 cm (9 Inches)