An over-and-under percussion pistol

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An over-and-under percussion pistol
with signed octagonal barrels, scroll-engraved action (hammer replaced) and trigger-guard, chequered walnut butt with later white-metal cap, escutcheon and stirrup ramrod, signed D EGG LONDON, Birmingham proof marks, mid 19th century; a flintlock boxlock pocket pistol with turn-off barrel, action engraved with foliage and London (top-jaw, screw and steel replaced), and flat-sided walnut butt inlaid with silver wirework borders, late 18th century; and a percussion boxlock pocket pistol, the octagonal barrel stamped T FOULSON 1891 (3)

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