SCARCE**C1840 English, Westwood London, 120 Bore Under Hammer Percussion Traveling Boot Pistol With German Silver Action & Turn Off Barrel. Sn 23487 percussion pistol None Single Shot

**SCARCE**C1840 English, Westwood London, 120 Bore Under Hammer Percussion Traveling Boot Pistol With German Silver Action & Turn Off Barrel. Sn 23487 - 23487

This is a nice box lock traveling pistol made C1840 by Westwood London (the only London gunmaker we can find in our books is recorded as a General gunsmith (no first name listed) working in London between 1800 & 1840). It is 9 ½” overall with a 4 ¼” screw off steel barrel barrel. The barrel’s smooth bore has staining & residue consistent with age & use. It has impressed English black powder proofs on the underside of the barrel and action. The top of the sighted action is signed ‘Westwood London’. It has a steel trigger & the under hammer cocking & firing actions work crisply. The German silver action has tooled decoration. The original finely chequered walnut grip with inlaid void German silver escutcheon is undamaged. The brass butt plate has a hinged steel trap. The price for this scarce pistol includes UK delivery. NB As an antique percussion pistol no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 23487 (drawers office)

£595.00