HEAVY FLINTLOCK PISTOL. Ca. AD 1811. A heavy pistol with a smoothbore barrel and a flintlock firing mechanism which has the year 1811 inscribed on the lock plate. The large size and retaining loop on the handle suggest this weapon may have been the private purchase of a sailor. The mechanism appears to be working correctly. Size: 380mm x 140mm; Weight: 1.2kg Provenance: From the private collection of an Essex gentleman; previously in an old British Collection, formed in the 1990s.