A Silver Mounted Flintlock Holster Pistol by Knubley of London. With tapering three-stage brass barrel by Brander of London, stamped with London proofs and Branders own mark, foliate engraved tang and screw, stepped lock signed ‘Knubley’ in scrip and decorated with stands of arms at the tail, fitted with a sliding safety catch the cock decorated en suite, full-stocked in walnut with raised foliate moulding around the tang, some repairs throughout, with silver mounts comprising side-plate, grotesque mask and trigger guard decorated with foliage on the bow, turned ramrod pipes and silver mounted ramrod. 

KNUBLEY

John Gunmaker, Otley, Yorkshire, 1771. Sword Cutler & Gunmaker, 11 Charing Cross, 1786-93; 7 Charing Cross, 1794. Gunmaker to Prince of Wales, Duke of Clarence and Prince Edward. Contractor to Ordnance (canon locks, trade muskets, pistols and broadswords), 1790-4. Business taken over by Samuel Brunn, continued under Knubley name until 1797. Succeeded by John Mallett. 

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

Dimensions:

Bore: 18 Bore

Barrel Length: 8.5 Inches (21.59 cm)

Overall Length: 14 Inches (35.56 cm)