A Tap Action Side by Side Flintlock Pistol by Twigg. 8 ¼” overall, 3” round 54 bore turn-off barrels engraved at muzzles with London Proof. Tap action box lock signed ‘Twigg’ in a tablet with trophy of arms on left hand side and ‘London’ in a tablet with a trophy of arms to the right, tap on left hand side. Flintlock throat hole cock & sliding safety which locks the frizzen, slab sided walnut butt.
Circa 1785-87
In very good condition, with nearly all original finish.
See ‘Great British Gunmakers’ Neal & Back plate153 for similar engraving.
John Fox Twigg was born in Grantham, Lincolnshire in 1732. He is recorded at various addresses in London between 1755 and the year of his death in 1790. Durs Egg worked for him on his arrival in London in 1772 and John Manton served as his foreman. He is considered to be one of founding fathers of the English gun making trade.