AN UNUSUAL FLINTLOCK RIFLED TURN-OFF PISTOL, reconverted from percussion, with sighted three-stage cannon barrel, engraved octagonal and faceted breech, border engraved action signed beneath the cock, engraved trigger-guard safety-catch, faceted swelling walnut butt (bruised) finely inlaid with flowers, scrolls and a martial trophy in silver wire and sheet, engraved silver escutcheon and side-plate (the latter replaced), and silver grotesque mask cap, by Theophilus Richards, Birmingham, circa 1770