DOUBLE BARREL PERCUSSION CAP PISTOL. Ca. Mid-19th Century AD. A double-barrelled percussion cap pistol with foliate motifs on both lockplates and hammers. The percussion cap was introduced in the 1820s and provided firearms with greater reliability. Retains ramrod and both mechanisms appear to be working correctly. Size: 170mm x 400mm; Weight: 1.5kg Provenance: From the private collection of an Essex gentleman; previously in an old British Collection, formed in the 1980s.