AN UNUSUAL 18 BORE FLINTLOCK PISTOL, DATED 1807 refinished in its early working life in India, wi

AN UNUSUAL 18 BORE FLINTLOCK PISTOL, DATED 1807 refinished in its early working life in India, with silver-plated octagonal sighted barrel stamped with a series of marks and cut with a lengthy inscription on the top flat on a ground of foliage including the date, the breech applied with an engraved gold plaque on top stamped with further letters, gold-lined vent, stepped lock decorated with gold foliage around the border, signed `Griersn [sic] London` on a gold trophy-of-arms, fitted with semi-rainproof pan, roller and bolt safety, figured walnut half-stock stamped with an arsenal number `327` opposite the lock, chequered butt, engraved silver mounts including trigger-guard with pineapple finial and foliate butt-cap, gold escutcheon engraved with a stylised crest and inscribed `Bate` beneath, and horn-tipped wooden ramrod, perhaps the original 36.8cm; 14 1/2in The inscription includes references to the doctor of the Delhi arsenal and the date 20th September 1857, the last day of the Siege of that town during the Indian Rebellion.