Lot 121
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A FINE CONTINENTAL CASED BEAUMONT-ADAMS PATENT .450 FIVE-SHOT DOUBLE-ACTION PERCUSSION REVOLVER, GERMAN OR AUSTRIAN
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A FINE CONTINENTAL CASED BEAUMONT-ADAMS PATENT .450 FIVE-SHOT DOUBLE-ACTION PERCUSSION REVOLVER, GERMAN OR AUSTRIAN

CIRCA 1860

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A FINE CONTINENTAL CASED BEAUMONT-ADAMS PATENT .450 FIVE-SHOT DOUBLE-ACTION PERCUSSION REVOLVER, GERMAN OR AUSTRIAN
circa 1860
With blued 6½in. barrel, blued frame engraved with scrollwork, the top-strap inscribed 'Deane Adams and Deane London, 30 King William Street', blued cylinder, engraved blued trigger-guard and butt-cap, Kerr's patent rammer, chequered figured walnut butt, and retaining most of its original finish (scattered minor flaking throughout): in its original contour-fitted oak case lined in royal blue velvet edged with blue and gilt cord, and retaining all but one of its original accessories
12¾in. (32.4cm.)
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Lot Essay

For a brief account of the Beaumont-Adams revolvers made in Germany and Austria and for a very similar example illustrated see W.H.J. Chamberlain and A.W.F. Taylerson, Adams' Revolvers, London, 1976, pp.95-6, pl. 21

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