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A Rare 140-Bore Budding Patent First Model Five-Shot Percussion Pepperbox Revolver

NO. 2, CIRCA 1830

Details

A Rare 140-Bore Budding Patent First Model Five-Shot Percussion Pepperbox Revolver
No. 2, circa 1830
With hand-rotated brass barrel block numbered from '1' to '5' and stamped at the rear with the serial number, exposed iron cocking lever, brass frame signed 'Budding/Maker' within engraved scrolls, internal action, and figured walnut grips each retained by two brass screws
7½in. (19cm.)

Literature

W. Keith Neal, 'The Great Budding Mystery', Guns Review, May 1962, p. 15
Jack Dunlap, American British & Continental Pepperbox Firearms, p. 23, fig. 2

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Lot Essay

Invented by E. Budding of Thrup Mill, near Stroud, Gloucestershire, a scientist who also invented the lawnmower, and made improvements to machinery used in wool mills. It is thought that only about 50 Budding revolvers were produced

See W. Keith Neal, op. cit., pp. 13-15; Jack Dunlap, op. cit., pp. 22-26

Cf. the third model Budding sold from the W. Keith Neal Collection in these Rooms, 9 November 2000, lot 157 (£1,527 including premium)
See also lot 18

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