This pair of early 19th century pistols has blade front and "wing" rear sights, floral and shield designs engraved on the upper tangs, and a gold proof plate on top of each breech marked "RUMBOLD/ LEICESTER." The lock has border engraving, a burst pattern around the screw, scrollwork on the hammer, a drum-style conversion, high fence, sliding half-cock safety catch, and "RUMBOLD" marked ahead of the hammer. The checkered knob grip stocks have a horn tips. The wooden ramrods are bone tipped. The trigger guards have the later style pineapple finials and spurs. The silver thumb plates are inscribed "JB." The underside of the barrel of gun B has "NARROW TW" behind the wedge lug and both barrels have faint proofmarks on the bottom and on the breech plugs. William Rumbold appears in records as a gunmaker at 34 Sackville Street in Dublin at the beginning of the 19th century. Members of his extended family held important positions in the East India Company and British military during the 18th century.

As discussed in A.