A Good Pair of Silver Mounted Pocket Pistols by P. Bond.

A Good Pair of Silver Mounted Pocket Pistols by P. Bond. With round turn off barrels, brass border engraved box-lock actions, decorated with stands of arms and wreathes, signed on the tangs, ‘P. BOND LONDON’ swelling walnut butts with silver escutcheons engraved ‘Vernon’ and with border engraved silver hall-marked butt caps, hallmarks for Birmingham 1795-96 and makers mark CF – Charles Freeth.

P. BOND
Philip, John, Joseph, Son of Edward, apprenticed to Thomas Tringham 1774; free of Goldsmiths Co., 1871. Gunmaker and Sword Cutler, 45 Cornhill, 1794-1816; 59 Lombard Street., 1794-1803. Viewer to Hudson’s Bay Co., 1790-1815. Died 1816.

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

Dimensions:
Bore: 120 Bore
Barrel Length: 1 Inch (2.54 cm)
Overall Length: 4.5 Inches (11.43 cm)