QUALITY MAKER**English C1830 Henry Nock London Pair Of 50 Bore Percussion Pocket Pistols With Fluted Screw Off Barrels & Folding Concealed Triggers. Sn 21393:42 .50 Muzzleloader

**QUALITY MAKER**English C1830 Henry Nock London Pair Of 50 Bore Percussion Pocket Pistols With Fluted Screw Off Barrels & Folding Concealed Triggers. Sn 21393:42 - 21393:42

Henry Nock was a British inventor and engineer of the Napoleonic period, best known as a gunsmith. As well as supplying the military and civilian markets, Nock made expensive pieces for the aristocracy and Royalty and was an appointed gunmaker to the King. Nock's business eventually became Wilkinson Sword. This is an excellent pair of percussion pocket pistols by Henry Nock London. The matching pistols are beautifully engraved with Arms and Banner designs around the steel frames. Both have Dolphin hammers and sliding safety bolts. One side of each pistol is marked by the manufacturer 'H. Nock' and the reverse 'London'. Both measure 5 ¾” overall & have just under 1 ¾” fluted barrels. The barrel’s smooth bores are clean. The muzzle of each barrel are slotted for tool to assist barrel removal, we do not have the tool. Both pistols have concealed folding triggers & the underside of the actions & barrels have black powder proof marks. They both have undamaged bag shaped wood grips which have chequered panel back sections and are inlaid with void silver escutcheons. Their cocking & firing actions work crisply. The price for this pair of percussion pistols by a famous maker includes UK delivery. NB No licence is required to own these antique percussion pistols in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 21393:42

£1,175.00