with cannon barrel, engraved faceted breech inscribed 'London' on top, signed in full, struck with barrelsmiths mark, London view and proof marks beneath, and decorated with border ornament and stylised flowerheads, engraved separate tang, side-action with rounded cock and steel engraved en suite, figured walnut butt carved with a raised moulding about the tang (repaired, inset with an early iron plaque on each side), cast and chased silver grotesque mask pommel, vacant foliate escutcheon, and sliding iron trigger-guard safety-catch (the iron parts with light pitting), 11.5 cm barrel

James Paul Freeman was elected assistant 1727, and master in 1732. He made a number of fine silver-mounted pistols including some breech-loaders. See Blackmore 1986, p. 96.