A Good William IV Flintlock Pattern 1824 Sea Service Pistol.
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15" overall, 9" round steel 25 bore barrel with King's Proof to l/h side & inspector's mark on top of breech. Border engraved flat lockplate engraved with WR cipher & inspector’s stamp, government ownership stamps, border engraved ring necked cock. Walnut full stock stamped with inspector's marks & Board of Ordnance mark. Ordnance pattern brass furniture, swivel ramrod & belt hook to l/h side.
Circa 1830-7.
Good Condition, with original black paint finish to barrel minor dents to wood.
See De Witt Bailey, 'The Pattern 1824 Sea Service', J.A.A.S. (March 2013), vol. XXI, no. 1, pp. 11-15