A Flintlock Pocket Pistol by Twigg.
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5 ¾” overall, 1 ½” 54 bore round turn off barrel, London proofs, border engraved action signed ‘Twigg’ and ‘London’, sliding safety, slab sided wooden butt. Circa 1780.
Darkly patinated plain pocket pistol in good condition signed with Twigg’s second signature as used between 1765-80.
John Fox Twigg, born Grantham, Lincs., 1732 Gunmaker, Angel Ct, Charing Cross, 1755-60; 132 Strand (opposite Catherine Street) 1760-76; Piccadilly, 1776-90. Warehouses, Little Somerset Street. 1771; 30 Cornhill, 177; George Yd., Tower Hill, 1779. Contractor to East India Co., 1772-89. In partnership with John Bass from 1788. Died 1790.