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AN UNUSUAL CASED PAIR OF 60-BORE SAW-HANDELED PERCUSSION TARGET PISTOLS FOR IMPERIAL CAPS
BY SAMUEL & CHARLES SMITH, 64 PRINCES STREET, LEICESTER SQUARE, LONDON, NO. 4871, FOR 1837
With heavy signed etched twist octagonal sighted barrels, scroll engraved patent breeches each engraved 'Smith's Patent' within a platinum rectangle, platinum plugs, scroll engraved tangs each incorporating a back-sight, signed scroll engraved back-action locks each with safety-catch, engraved hammers each with detachable nose, figured maple half-stocks (minor chip from one fore-end), chequered octagonal butts with a plain strip on each side, scroll engraved iron mounts, silver escutcheon in each flat pommel, silver barrel-bolt escutcheons, no provision for ramrods, and some original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories, the lid with illustrated trade label, and flush-fitting carrying handle, London proof marks
15½in.
BY SAMUEL & CHARLES SMITH, 64 PRINCES STREET, LEICESTER SQUARE, LONDON, NO. 4871, FOR 1837
With heavy signed etched twist octagonal sighted barrels, scroll engraved patent breeches each engraved 'Smith's Patent' within a platinum rectangle, platinum plugs, scroll engraved tangs each incorporating a back-sight, signed scroll engraved back-action locks each with safety-catch, engraved hammers each with detachable nose, figured maple half-stocks (minor chip from one fore-end), chequered octagonal butts with a plain strip on each side, scroll engraved iron mounts, silver escutcheon in each flat pommel, silver barrel-bolt escutcheons, no provision for ramrods, and some original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories, the lid with illustrated trade label, and flush-fitting carrying handle, London proof marks
15½in.
Provenance
W.W. Greener
Literature
W.W. Greener, The Gun and its Development, ninth edition, p. 100