Charles Pryse began his career as a gunmaker in Birmingham in 1838 and remained active until 1883. Thereafter, his sons continued as gunmakers until around 1904. This revolver is based on Prye's patent #4421 from 1876 for a double action, automatically extracting, top break revolver with a rebounding hammer. The latter is a particularly important aspect as it allowed the revolver to be more safely carried with a fully loaded cylinder. The design also incorporates a mechanism to secure the cylinder. Webley manufactured the design starting in 1877 as the "Webley-Pryse No. 4" and thus launched their long line of top break revolvers. This revolver has fixed blade and notch sights, "BRITISH ARMY & NAVY REVOLVER (PRYSE PATENT)" on top, "PRYSE S/PATENT" and "FIRST/QUALITY" on the left side of the frame, "PATENT/1071" in a diamond on the right side of the frame, "2626" on the back of the cylinder and bottom of the barrel, a flat top checkered grip, and a lanyard ring stud on the butt. It comes with a hardwood case with a Richard Burnand retailer label inside the lid, an empty cartridge block, lanyard ring in the compartment, screwdriver, cleaning rod, and oiler. Lanyard ring missing.