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Midlothian, Texas 76065
Samuel Nock London
H. Nock
Støckel:
Henry Nock, London, 1741 - 1804, uncle of Samuel Nock, who took the business
over after his dead
A Pair of English Percussion Pistols by Henry Nock The pistols are 15⅜" in overall length with 9½" octagonal Damascus
barrels with fixed front sight, caliber .60 percussion smoothbore. The barrels
are engraved "London" and have patent breeches. The lock plates have light
engraving and safety bolts, they are marked "H. NOCK". The walnut half-stocks
have finely checkered bag shaped butts, iron trigger guards with martial
panoplies engraved on the bows and pineapple finials, horn for end tips and
small rectangular silver escutcheons engraved with a family crest. The pistols
are equipped with sights and set triggers. Most of the metal is gray with a
strong Damascus pattern visible on the barrels, the engraving is in fine
condition and only minor oxidation is evident. One stock has an age crack
completely through the lock recess but nothing is loose. The other stock is
missing a splinter on either side of the for end at the front of the barrel
channel. Both stocks show light handling marks with the checkering in fine
condition, original ramrods are present but one is missing a tip. The pistols
were made by Henry Nock as flintlocks, and circa 1850 most probably by Nock's
master shop converted to percussion 
(Henry Nock, London)
made heavy percussion
pistol, caliber .70 smooth bore, 9" octagonal barrel with pearl front
sight, notch rear sight on breach, set trigger,
push safety behind the
hammer, lock, breach and trigger guard are engraved, metal original kept
in the white now mottled gray,
fully shafted with fine checkered grip,
German silver escutcheon not inscribed, ramrod affixed under the barrel.
The pistol is in good working order, and it is in NRA fine condition.
Wikipedia: The howdah pistol was a large-calibre handgun, often with two or four
barrels, used in India and Africa in the mid-to-late-nineteenth and
early-twentieth centuries, during the period of British Colonial rule. It was
typically intended for defence against tigers, lions, and other dangerous
animals that might be encountered in remote areas.
$1,600.
A desirable pair $4,500.