A Round Framed Pocket Pistol by Sykes of Oxford. With round turn-off barrel, engraved with a band of foliage at the muzzle and single line at the breech, stated beneath with Birmingham proofs and number, ‘1’, round brass box-lock action signed beneath the pan, foliate engraved action, fitted with sliding thumb-piece safety catch that also locks the pan, swelling chequered walnut butt, with vacant silver escutcheon and silver lions head grotesque mask.

SYKES [1800-1830]
Made boxlock flintlock pocket pistols, and double barrel flintlock holster pistol with detachable carbine stock. Shop in Oxford.

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

Samuel Sykes, circa 1804.

Dimensions:
Bore: 54 Bore
Barrel Length: 1.5 Inches (3.80 cm)
Overall Length: 6 Inches (15.25 cm)