A 100-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Three-Barrelled Tap-Action Pistol
By Whittern, Abingdon, Early 19th Century
With turn-off brass barrels numbered from '3' to '5', border engraved breeches numbered to correspond, border engraved brass action signed within an oval against a trophy of arms over each side, engraved thumbpiece safety-catch also locking the steel, trigger-guard engraved with a flower-head on the bow, figured flat-sided butt, and shield-shaped vacant silver escutcheon (tap replaced, some patination), private Birmingham proof marks
6.8 cm. barrels