MANTON OFFICER PISTOL OFROYAL PROVINENCE.CIRCA 1792.

A VERY CRISP MANTON OFFICER PISTOL WITH ROYAL PROVENANCE.
9 INCH OCTAGONAL BROWN TWIST BARREL, THE SIGHTED FLAT SIGNED MANTON LONDON. ENGRAVED SITED TANG, GOLD TOUCH HOLE, SWAN NECKED COCK AND ROLLER FRIZZEN. HALF STOCKED WITH CHEQUERED BUTT.
SCROLLED LOCKPLATE AND PINEAPPLE FINIALS TO THE SPURRED TRIGGER PLATE. CAPTIVE RAMROD.
NUMBERED 204, AND WITH SILVER OVOID ESCUTCHEON PLATE ENGRAVED WITH "EA" MONOGRAMME FOR ERNST AUGUSTUS.( N.B. AFTER BECOMING A DUKE IN 1799 HIS MONGRAMME WOULD HAVE BEEN TOPPED BY A CROWN.)

ERNST AUGUSTUS; 1771-1851 FIFTH SON OF GEORGE THIRD. IN 1799 CREATED DUKE OF CUMBERLAND, WHEN HIS ELDER BROTHER WILLIAM 1V DIED IN 1837, ERNST SUCCEEDED HIM AS KING OF HANOVER, HIS NIECE, VICTORIA, BECOMING QUEEN Of ENGLAND.
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