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CIRCA 1855
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AN UNUSUAL CASE 6-SHOT 80-BORE WEDGE-FRAME SELF-COCKING PERCUSSION REVOLVER OF PRESENTATION QUALITY
Circa 1855
With blued octagonal sighted barrel inlaid with scrollwork, flowers and foliage in silver and gold and with gold-inlaid inscription 'Warranted' in gothic letters, blued cylinder inlaid in silver with a lion, a stag, an elephant, a family of tigers and an American and an Australian sporting scene, the frame, hammer, trigger-guard and back-strap all profusely engraved with scrollwork, mostly on a stippled ground, blued safety-stop, walnut grips profusely inlaid with silver wire, dots and panels of flowers and foliage, and blued pommel inlaid with silver and gold (some missing): in original fitted mahogany case lined in blue baize, with accessories, Birmingham proof marks
10in. (25.4cm.)
Circa 1855
With blued octagonal sighted barrel inlaid with scrollwork, flowers and foliage in silver and gold and with gold-inlaid inscription 'Warranted' in gothic letters, blued cylinder inlaid in silver with a lion, a stag, an elephant, a family of tigers and an American and an Australian sporting scene, the frame, hammer, trigger-guard and back-strap all profusely engraved with scrollwork, mostly on a stippled ground, blued safety-stop, walnut grips profusely inlaid with silver wire, dots and panels of flowers and foliage, and blued pommel inlaid with silver and gold (some missing): in original fitted mahogany case lined in blue baize, with accessories, Birmingham proof marks
10in. (25.4cm.)
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