Description

A Sleepy Flintlock Tap-Action Box-Lock Pocket Pistol by Hickin of London, With round turn-off barrels, border engraved steel action engraved with trophies of arms and signed ‘Hickin’ inside and oval to the left and ‘London’ to the right, engraved thumb-piece safety catch also locking the steel, steel tap (possibly an old replacement) plain walnut butt with vacant oval escutcheon.

HICKIN William, Gunmaker, Birmingham, 1814-21. marked guns ‘LONDON’

Howard L. Blackmore (1986) Gunmakers Of London, 1350-1850. George Shumway Publisher. USA.