A box-lock Pocket Pistol signed J. Smith, London, with Birmingham proof marks for 1813, said to have belonged to William Bligh.
Details
A box-lock Pocket Pistol signed J. Smith, London, with Birmingham proof marks for 1813, said to have belonged to William Bligh.
Provenance
Harriet Bligh, William Bligh's daughter, and thence by descent to the previous owner.
Exhibited
Exeter, Powderham Castle, William Bligh, Extraordinary Seaman. A look at his life and times, 1982, illustrated in the exhibition catalogue p. 33.