A PERCUSSION BOX-LOCK POCKET PISTOL, converted from flintlock, with three-stage turn-off cannon barrel, signed border engraved action, engraved sliding trigger-guard safety-catch, vacant foliate escutcheon, and grotesque mask butt-cap (the iron parts lightly pitted), by William 2 Henshaw, Strand, London, London proof marks, circa 1780

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A PERCUSSION BOX-LOCK POCKET PISTOL, converted from flintlock, with three-stage turn-off cannon barrel, signed border engraved action, engraved sliding trigger-guard safety-catch, vacant foliate escutcheon, and grotesque mask butt-cap (the iron parts lightly pitted), by William 2 Henshaw, Strand, London, London proof marks, circa 1780
8in.
Provenance
E.J. Churchill Collection, Orange Street Gunworks, London W.C.2

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