The trigger guard is decorated with a stylised star motif. It has its original bag shaped wood grip which has an inlaid void white metal shield escutcheon. The action has a sliding safety bolt to the rear of the Swan neck hammer which is fitted with flint. The reverse has ‘London’ within a foliate edged oval panel. One side with Martial banners & arms and signed by the maker ‘Rea’. The barrel’s smooth bore has staining & residue consistent with age and use. It is 6 ¼” overall with a 1 ½” screw off barrel (a tool is required to turn off the barrel. This a good flintlock pocket pistol made By Rea of London. They were Contractors to the East India Company between 18. Thomas and John Rea are recorded at 91 Minories London between 18. Sn 18507ġ810 - 1822 English Thomas & John Rea London 54 Bore Flintlock Pocket Pistol With Turn Off Barrel.**PART OF CAPTAIN ALLAN MARSHALL’S LIFETIME COLLECTION** Sn 18637 - 18637 NB as an antique flintlock pistol no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. There are no external manufacturer or date marks on the pistol. It has double triggers and Swan neck hammers.
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Its original Walnut full stock with cudgel butt has just light bumps and bruises to be expected and is inlaid with silver wire decoration. The pistol has its ebonised wood ram rod with brass end cap.
The smooth bores have staining and residue consistent with age & use. The barrels are decorated with foliate designs and it has a grooved frame rear sight. Its side by side steel barrels are 4 ¼” in length and have a central barrel rib. This is an early flintlock double barrel traveling pistol in French form made sometime in the 18th century. **QUALITY**18th Century French Gentleman’s Double Barreled 50 Bore Flintlock Traveling Pistol With Inlaid Silver Wire Decoration. NB As an antique percussion pistol no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. The cocking & firing actions work as they should with a strong spring mechanism. It has an undamaged walnut bag shaped grip. The metalwork ‘in the white’ has nice patina throughout with no rust or pitting. One side of the action is signed ‘Smith’ within Martial banners and arms, the other side has ‘London’ within Martial banners and arms. It has a Dolphin hammer & concealed folding trigger. The action tang is decorated with foliate engraved decoration. The underside of the action has black powder proof marks. The barrel's smooth bore is near mint clean and bright. This is a good quality steel barrelled percussion belt pistol by Smith of London (there were many English gun makers named Smith operating in both London & the Provinces during the flintlock era). 400 Calibre Percussion Pistol With Cannon Barrel By Smith Of London.
NB As an antique obsolete calibre revolver no licence is required to own this pistol in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. The single action only firing action works crisply. The pistol’s American Rosewood grips are undamaged. It has a blade fore sight, grooved frame rear sight & sheathed trigger. The bore is near mint, clean & bright with crisp rifling. The 2 ½” round steel barrel, 5 shot cylinder, cylinder spigot and hammer retain their original blue finish. The butt of the grip frame is numbered 8094. The top of the cylinder frame has Colt’s 1871 patent and the frame has ’41 cal’ calibre detail. This is an original very rare to find example of Colt’s ‘Jim Fisk’ House revolver in 41 Rim Fire obsolete calibre. Several years later Fisk was murdered by a disgruntled business associate). Grant in an attempt to use the President's good name in a scheme to corner the gold market in New York City. Though Fisk was admired by the working class of New York and the Erie Railroad, he achieved much ill-fame for his role in Black Friday in 1869, where he and his partner Jay Gould befriended the unsuspecting President Ulysses S. known variously as "Big Jim", "Diamond Jim", and "Jubilee Jim" – was an American stockbroker and corporate executive who has been referred to as one of the "robber barons" of the Gilded Age. The House Model is also known among collectors as the Jim Fisk model or the Jim Fisk pistol, since it attained the infamy of being the gun used in the murder of James Fisk in January 1872 (James Fisk Jr. The Colt House Revolver was one of the first metallic cartridge rear-loading revolvers to be produced by the Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company, back in 1871. 41 Rim Fire Obsolete Calibre 5 Shot Single Action Revolver With Sheathed Trigger. SOLD SOLD (LAY-AWAY 15/09) MINT BORE**Colt USA ‘Jim Fisk’ House Model 1871 Patent Brass Frame.