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Ⓐ A 54 BORE FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOL BY SHARP AND KEENE, LONDON, CIRCA 1800, A 28 BORE FRENCH FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOL, CIRCA 1820 AND A 50 BORE PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOL, CIRCA 1840 the first with turn-off barrel, signed box-lock action with sliding thumb-piece safety-catch also locking the steel (top-jaw and trigger missing), flat-sided walnut butt, and silver escutcheon engraved with the owner~s initials; the second with turn-off barrel, engraved box-lock action decorated with flowers and foliage, and bag-shaped walnut butt cut with a panel of fine chequering on each side and with foliage over the spine; and the third with turn-off barrel, box-lock action and chequered walnut butt (areas of wear throughout) the first: 6.0 cm; 2 3/8 in barrel (3) Part proceeds to benefit Westminster Abbey