^Lot 1576 Small flintlock waistcoat pistol, British, ca. 1740s, marked with makers FARMER and GALTON and crown

Small flintlock waistcoat pistol, British, ca. 1740s, marked with makers FARMER and GALTON and crowned-P and crowned-V touchmarks. 346 grams. 7-1/4" long, 4-1/4' barrel. This small pistol by Farmer and Galton of Birmingham, England, features an ornate inlaid wooden grip ending in a steel butt-cap with lifelike image of a bearded man, crowned P and V touch-marks on the lightly engraved steel barrel, Galton on one side, Farmer on the other, small nick in wooden grip, good working order.