A Pair Of Flintlock Box-Lock Pocket Pistols, by Ketland & Co., London, Late 18th Century


With turn-off cannon barrels, actions signed with rocailles over each side, folding triggers each with unusual sliding safety-catch behind, figured rounded butts each inlaid with silver wire scrollwork and rocailles, and enriched with foliate engraved silver panels, and silver butt-caps cast and chased with foliate decoration (minor rust patination), private Birmingham proof marks (2)20 cm.