ANGLETERRE, Londres, début du XIXème siècle Robert WHEELER Pair of small flintlock forced-fire pistols. With iron cases, signed "WHEELER, London". Round, rifled barrels. Cal. 13 mm. BIRMINGHAM proofhouse hallmarks. Recessed trigger shafts. Varnished walnut stocks. Barrel length: 5.5 cm - Overall length: 14.5 cm. Minor dents; small crack at the muzzle of one barrel; corroded points; old small fillings in the extension of the screw holes in the stocks, chips. Robert WHEELER (1767-1813), harquebusier active in Birmingham, from 1799 to 1813, then in London from 1814, after his association with his son, who continued the activity until 1843.