A 22-Bore Flintlock Belt Pistol Signed Jover, London, Circa 1800

A 22-Bore Flintlock Belt Pistol
Signed Jover, London, Circa 1800
Reconverted from percussion, with octagonal sighted barrel engraved 'LONDON' along the top flat, gold line and gold-lined touch-hole (gold replaced), border engraved tang decorated with a Britannia shield and foliage, flat bevelled lock signed in capitals and with roller, figured full stock (fore-end with old repairs) with chequered rounded butt, steel trigger-guard with large pineapple finial and decorated en suite with the tang on the border engraved bow, long belt-hook, and later ramrod (steel parts rust patinated), private Birmingham proof marks
23.2 cm. barrel