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Percussion Pocket Pistol by ‘Wallis of Hull’ Circa 1840. The steel frame is foliate engraved with scrolls or "stands of arms". Featuring a slab-sided walnut grip and a short, smoothbore or rifled turn-off barrel, a thumb-operated slide safety behind the hammer and a folding trigger. In working order. The Wallis family were among the most celebrated gunsmiths in 18th and 19th-century England. George Wallis (1731–1803) was a master craftsman and antiquarian who established one of Hull's earliest museums. His son, George Wallis Junior (d. 1833), continued the business and is credited with inventing the first successful swivel-mounted harpoon gun for the whaling industry.