A friend has a display in his home with a lot of nick nacks he has picked up on his travels around the country and the world. One item in the display caught my attention. It is a percussion cap pistol of Derringer size (maybe a little larger) with what appears to be a birds head grip. The material it is made of appears to be brass. The barrel is not rifled. It is smooth bore with a thickened diameter at the muzzle (similar to old cannon configurations). There is a proof mark composed of an oval with what looks like a crown and the letter "G" with another letter I can't make out.
Any idea of this pistol's origin, make, value? See attached jpeg. Another one to follow.
Thanks
Any idea of this pistol's origin, make, value? See attached jpeg. Another one to follow.
Thanks