AN OVER-AND-UNDER FLINTLOCK TAP-ACTION PISTOL with turn-off rifled barrels numbered 1 and 2, signed action engraved on both sides with rococo ornament (top jaw, screw and steel replaced), thumbpiece safety-catch also locking the steel, engraved trigger-guard, silver escutcheon engraved with owner's initial, and flat-sided figured walnut butt chequered along the spine and inlaid with silver-wire scrollwork along the borders and on the pommel, by W.W. & J. Mason, Private Birmingham proof marks, late 18th Century