A VERY FINE ENGLISH PISTOL FOR USE BY A GENTLEMAN

A VERY FINE ENGLISH PISTOL FOR USE BY A GENTLEMAN

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$2,850.00

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Item Code: 2026-1555

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This single shot .54 caliber smooth bore pistol was made by the highly respected gunsmith firm " Patrick of Liverpool" in England. Now in percussion it started life, ca. 1810, as a flintlock and was converted to percussion after 1837. This quality, and expensive in its time, pistol is all iron mounted and shows very sophisticated chiseling and engraving. It is in excellent overall condition. The fully octagonal 2-piece barrel is 5 1/2 inches in length it is held by a key running through a silver escutcheon. It is a gun metal color now but probably bore a brown lacquer finish back in the day. It has open rear sights at the "Patent Breech" tang and a small brass front sight.  The tang and rear breech are totally engraved with floral motifs and a panoply of British arms and "LIVERPOOL" in a ribbon.

The top of the barrel is engraved: "Maker to The Duke of Gloucester" who, at that time was William Frederick (1776-1834). He was the only son of William Henry, first Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1743–1805), and his wife Maria, Countess Dowager of Waldegrave. He was born at the Teodoli Palace in Rome, attended Trinity College in Cambridge and was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1797 and chancellor of the University of Cambridge in 1811. William entered the army at the age of 13 and had a distinguished career, serving in Flanders from 1794 to 1799 and becoming Field Marshal in 1816. In the same year he married his cousin, Princess Mary (1776–1857). They had no children. William took little part in politics but supported the abolition of slavery both in parliament and as president of the African Institution. He also supported Catholic emancipation. He died at his home, Bagshot Park in Surrey, and was buried in St George's Chapel, Windsor. The lock plate is engraved "PATRICK".

There is tasteful engraving all about the lock and on the cock and percussion bolster. The lock has a slide safety. The mechanics are perfect. There is a double iron single ramrod entry pipe also engraved. The iron trigger bow is engraved with a Britannic panoply. The varnished black walnut stock is very fine in condition with the grip sophisticatedly and diminutively checkered. The ramrod appears to be ebony and the original. There is a silver 1/2-inch-long wrist escutcheon showing a stag in a coronet which may be Scottish in origin. This pistol overall 10 inches in length has condition and real class!    [pe][ph:L]

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