A Superb Cased Pair of Flintlock Overcoat Pistols by Beckwith. With browned sighted barrels, engraved BECKWITH LONDON along the top flats, with single platinum lines and platinum touch holes, profusely engraved steel tangs incorporating rear-sights, foliate engraved locks fitted with sliding safety catches and signed beneath the pans, full stocked in walnut cut with fine chequering at the butts, complete with steel mounts comprising engraved trigger guards with pineapple finials and turned ramrod pipes, the mounts retaining some original colour, with captive ramrods: in their original lined and fitted case, complete with all accessories including bullet mould, loading rod and oil bottle etc, the box lined in green baise with W. A. BECKWITHS trade label, the exterior with a vacant circular brass escutcheon. A superb cased set. 

BECKWITH

William Andrew. Apprenticed to Wattell Clark, 1785; free of Gunmakers Co., 1801. Elected Assistant (and Livery) 1805; Master, 1808, 1814, 1825, 1840. Died 1841. Gunmaker, 58 Skinner St., Snow Hill, 1802-41. 125 Strand, 1818-2. Contractor to Ordnance, 1838; East India Co., 1823-41. Business continued at 58 Skinner St., by Widow Elizabeth 1841-68. Contractor to East India Co., as Elizabeth Beckwith & Son, 1842-53. 

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

Dimensions:

Bore: 22 Bore

Barrel Length: 5 Inches (12.70 cm)

Overall Length: 9.5 Inches (24.13 cm)