A PAIR OF IRISH FLINTLOCK BOX-LOCK PISTOLS with brass two-stage turn-off barrels, signed actions, sliding trigger-guard safety-catches, swelling flat-sided walnut butts, shield-shaped silver escutcheons engraved with owner's initials, and plain silver butt-caps (worn overall, iron parts with surface rust), by Parker, Dublin, private Birmingham proof marks, Birmingham silver hallmarks for 1789, maker's mark of Charles Freeth