MINT RIFLED BORES**1770 - C1799 Henry Petitjean Liege Belgium Gentleman’s Side By Side Double Screw Off Cannon Barrelled .500 Calibre Flintlock Traveling Pistol With Inlaid Silver Wire Decoration Stock & Londonderry ‘LY’ Irish Registration Marks. Sn 21393:41 .500 Muzzleloader

**MINT RIFLED BORES**1770 - C1799 Henry Petitjean Liege Belgium Gentleman’s Side By Side Double Screw Off Cannon Barrelled .500 Calibre Flintlock Traveling Pistol With Inlaid Silver Wire Decoration Stock & Londonderry ‘LY’ Irish Registration Marks. Sn 21393:41

Henry Petitjean was a Liege arms manufacturer between 1770 and circa 1799. This is a quality made flintlock double barrel traveling pistol by Petitjean. Its side by side turn off steel cannon barrels are each 4” in length. The pistol measures 11” overall length. The muzzle of each barrel are slotted for tool to assist barrel removal, we do not have the tool. The bores of each barrel are near mint clean and bright with well defined rifling. Each barrel has 1843-1846 ‘LY 539’ (County Londonderry) Irish Registration Marks indicating later entry into Ireland (the Irish Registration Act was passed in 1843 and lasted only a short while, until August 1846. There were 39 districts consisting of 34 counties, 4 boroughs and Dublin City each with its own two letter prefix followed by a number. Londonderry’s prefix was LY). Its excellent, original Walnut stock is inlaid with intricate silver wire decoration. It has single trigger (the first pull fires the right barrel the second pull the left) & Swan neck cocks. The action has foliate decoration and is signed by the maker, one side ‘Henry’ the reverse ‘Petitjean’. The trigger guard tang has what looks like a small ‘JG’ mark most likely a period parts maker. The pistol cocks and dry fires crisply. The price for this quality pistol includes UK delivery. NB as an antique flintlock pistol no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 21393:41

£1,275.00