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BY WEATHERHEAD WALTERS & CO., DERBY, CIRCA 1840
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A CASED PAIR OF 38-BORE PERCUSSION BELT PISTOLS
By Weatherhead Walters & Co., Derby, circa 1840
With browned twist sighted barrels signed in the sighting groove, scroll engraved case-hardened patent breeches each with gold line, scroll engraved case-hardened tangs and signed back-action locks, case-hardened safety-catches, figured walnut stocks, blued iron mounts including belt hooks and scroll engraved trigger-guards, white-metal escutcheons, blued stirrup ramrods, and nearly all their original finish: in a lined and fitted case with some accessories including Hawksley powder-flask, Birmingham proof marks
10in. (25.4cm.)
By Weatherhead Walters & Co., Derby, circa 1840
With browned twist sighted barrels signed in the sighting groove, scroll engraved case-hardened patent breeches each with gold line, scroll engraved case-hardened tangs and signed back-action locks, case-hardened safety-catches, figured walnut stocks, blued iron mounts including belt hooks and scroll engraved trigger-guards, white-metal escutcheons, blued stirrup ramrods, and nearly all their original finish: in a lined and fitted case with some accessories including Hawksley powder-flask, Birmingham proof marks
10in. (25.4cm.)
Special notice
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