A Scarce Documented Flintlock Pocket Pistol by Wogdon. With round turn-off barrel, numbered ‘1’ breech stamped with London proofs, border engraved box-lock action, signed ‘WOGDON’ on a foliate scroll to the left and ‘LONDON’ on a scroll to the right (rubbed) replacement cock, screw and flash guard (does not hold at full-cock) slab sided walnut butt, with flip down trigger. A scarce pistol

Comment -
"This represents both the latest style of Wogdon pocket pistol and the cheapest version in terms of mechanical features, notably the externally mounted feather-spring and the spring-trigger, the latter being the only example recorded so far”.  

John O’Sullivan & DeWitt Bailey (2019) Robert Wogdon, Wogdon & Barton, John Barton, London Gunmakers 1764-1819. Bonhams.  (Page 204).

WOGDON/WOGDEN
Robert Apprentice to Edward Newton, gunmaker, Grantham, Lincs, 1748. Gunmaker at Mr Maw haberdasher, Cockspur Street, Charing Cross, 1764; Haymarket, 1774-1802. With John Barton traded as Wogdon & Barton, from 1795, succeeded by Barton, 1803. Famous for duelling pistols. Poem, Stanzas on Duelling, by an Irish Volunteer, 1783, began, ‘Hail Wogden, Patron of that Leaden death’.

WOGDON & BARTON
Robert Wogdon & John Barton Gunmakers, 14 Haymarket, 1795-1803. Gunmakers to Bow St. Police, 1801-3.

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

Dimensions:
Bore: 50 Bore
Barrel Length: 2 Inches (5 cm)
Overall Length: 6 Inches (15.25 cm)