Shop

WW2 Polish Breast Badge 7th Armoured Regiment
June 22, 2019
pre-WW2 Polish Military Motorcycle License Plate
June 25, 2019

18th Century Flintlock Pistol, John Walker London

£875.00

Circa 1740-48, Steel, brass, wood, length 30cm.

Out of stock

Category:
Description
Spread the love

British Flintlock pistol from the first half of the 18th century. Walnut stock, with old repair, cannon type barrel, steel flintlock and plate. Brass counter plate, decorated, engraved. Barrel marked and engraved “London”. Lock plate engraved with the manufacturer “Walker”. Unusual construction, typical for the manufacturer.

John, Apprenticed to Joseph Shorey, 1717; free of Gunmakers Co., by redemption (his master dying) and proof approved, 1722. Elected assistant 1740; Master 1744. Gunmaker to East India Co., 1736-47. Died 1748. Shop at the Cross Guns & Sun, Lombard Street, taken over by Thomas Gibson. 

Sold as a collector’s item.