This pair dates to early 1798 based on the listings in "The Mantons: Gunmakers" by Neal and Back, and the basic design other than the conversion of the locks is pretty similar to the pair in figure 20 of their book from around late 1797, and the barrel markings match figure 21 on the same page. The smoothbore Damascus barrels have dovetailed silver blade front sights, platinum sight lines on the dovetailed notch rear sights, "- - -MANTON * LONDON - - -" on the top flats in gold inlay, and London proofs flanking "2872" on the bottom flats. The locks are signed "-MANTON-" and were expertly converted, including the deactivation and filling of the half-cock safety. They may have been converted by the Manton shop. The spurred trigger guards and upper tangs have martial and floral pattern engraving. The lock screws are engraved and have plain washers rather than side plates. The full length stocks have horn caps, two wedges each, silver wrist escutcheons, checkered wrists, and scroll engraved iron caps. The left side of the wrist of gun "A" and bottom between the lock and trigger guard has "528" lightly hand marked, and the same is repeated on the left stock flat of gun "B." They come in a relined hardwood case with a modern reproduction John Manton & Son trade label, cap tins, three-way combination powder flask, oiler, bore rod, nipple wrench, lead balls, and ball mold.

As described in "A".