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A RARE CASED PAIR OF 60-BORE RIVIERE PATENT PERCUSSION TARGET PISTOLS
BY ISAAC RIVIERE, NO. 315 OXFORD STREET, LONDON, PATENTEE FOR THE GUNS WITHOUT LOCKS, NO.S 237 AND 238, CIRCA 1825
With signed browned twist octagonal sighted barrels, case-hardened patent breeches each with platinum line and pierced platinum plug, enclosed actions with finely engraved top-straps inscribed 'Riviere Patent 237' and 'Riviere Patent 238' respectively, figured walnut half-stocks, engraved blued iron spur trigger-guards, blued iron fore-end caps and rear ramrod-pipes, silver barrel-bolt escutcheons, horn-tipped ramrods, and much original finiah: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories including 'Fire-Proof' three-way flask, the lid with trade label, flush-fitting carrying handle, and circular escutcheon engraved with a crest
15in.
BY ISAAC RIVIERE, NO. 315 OXFORD STREET, LONDON, PATENTEE FOR THE GUNS WITHOUT LOCKS, NO.S 237 AND 238, CIRCA 1825
With signed browned twist octagonal sighted barrels, case-hardened patent breeches each with platinum line and pierced platinum plug, enclosed actions with finely engraved top-straps inscribed 'Riviere Patent 237' and 'Riviere Patent 238' respectively, figured walnut half-stocks, engraved blued iron spur trigger-guards, blued iron fore-end caps and rear ramrod-pipes, silver barrel-bolt escutcheons, horn-tipped ramrods, and much original finiah: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories including 'Fire-Proof' three-way flask, the lid with trade label, flush-fitting carrying handle, and circular escutcheon engraved with a crest
15in.