A Dutch Flintlock Box-Lock Pocket Pistol In The English Fashion
By Lambertus Michaelis Thone, Amsterdam, Circa 1785
With turn-off cannon barrel, border engraved action signed in capital letters on the sides of the breech and decorated with landscapes and musical instruments, engraved shaped trigger-guard, swelling walnut butt inlaid with interlaced scrollwork in silver wire, and cast and chased silver pommel in the form of a grotesque mask (scattered minor surface pitting)
17.8 cm.