A 38-BORE FLINTLOCK TURN-OFF POCKET PISTOL BY T. HENSHALL, EARLY 18TH CENTURY With turn-off cannon barrel, foliate engraved breech and tang, the former signed below the pan, border engraved action with button safety-catch, border engraved trigger-guard (perhaps an old replacement), moulded swelling walnut butt (minor damage), and silver mounts comprising vacant foliate escutcheon, pierced foliate side-plate, and rounded butt with small grotesque mask 7¼in. (18.4cm.)
A 38-BORE FLINTLOCK TURN-OFF POCKET PISTOL BY T. HENSHALL, EARLY 18TH CENTURY With turn-off cannon barrel, foliate engraved breech and tang, the former signed below the pan, border engraved action with button safety-catch, border engraved trigger-guard (perhaps an old replacement), moulded swelling walnut butt (minor damage), and silver mounts comprising vacant foliate escutcheon, pierced foliate side-plate, and rounded butt with small grotesque mask 7¼in. (18.4cm.)
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