A Rare Cased Pair Of 40-Bore Forsyth Patent Sliding Primer Box-Lock Pocket Pistols
By Forsyth & Co. Patent Gun Maker's (sic), London, Nos. 2920 and 2921, circa 1822
Each with sighted octagonal border engraved barrel signed in full on the top flat, serial numbered action finely engraved with scrolling foliage within engraved borders, engraved safety-catch behind the hammer, folding trigger, finely chequered figured walnut butt, silver escutcheon, and finely engraved screw-on silver pommel-cap covering the butt-trap, one butt-trap containing the two-piece metal ramrod: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories including ivory priming-flask housing in its base two spare strikers for the hammers, London proof marks, one pistol with a trace of a Birmingham proof mark
67/8in. (17.5cm.)
A Rare Cased Pair Of 40-Bore Forsyth Patent Sliding Primer Box-Lock Pocket Pistols
By Forsyth & Co. Patent Gun Maker's (sic), London, Nos. 2920 and 2921, circa 1822
Each with sighted octagonal border engraved barrel signed in full on the top flat, serial numbered action finely engraved with scrolling foliage within engraved borders, engraved safety-catch behind the hammer, folding trigger, finely chequered figured walnut butt, silver escutcheon, and finely engraved screw-on silver pommel-cap covering the butt-trap, one butt-trap containing the two-piece metal ramrod: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories including ivory priming-flask housing in its base two spare strikers for the hammers, London proof marks, one pistol with a trace of a Birmingham proof mark
67/8in. (17.5cm.)
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