A Pair of Silver Mounted Pocket Pistols by Perry.

A Good Pair of Silver Mounted Flintlock Pistols by Perry. With three-stage turn-off barrels, stamped with London proofs to the right of the barrels and Tower private proofs underneath the barrels,, border engraved box-lock actions, finely engraved with stands of arms and flowers, signed ‘PERRY’ within an oval to the left and ‘LONDON’ to the right, cocks decorated en-suite (engraving refreshed) with engraved silver borders and inlaid silver foliage on both sides of the flats, also with applied engraved stand of arms along the back-edge. Perry, William [about 1780]
Made flintlock brass barrel pocket pistols and brass barrel flintlock blunderbusses. Shop in Birmingham. A. Merwyn Carey (1954) English, Irish and Scottish Firearms Makers, Acro Publishing Company, New York. PERRY William, Gunmaker, Birmingham, 1776-88. Marked guns ‘London’. Howard L. Blackmore (1986) Gunmakers Of London 1350-1850, George Shumway Publishing, York, Pennsylvania, USA. Dimensions:
 Bore: 40 Bore Barrel Length: 2.5 Inches (6.35 cm) Overall Length: 8 Inches (20.35 cm)