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W. WATSON & SON, 313 HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON, CIRCA 1875-80
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A CASED PNEUMATIC AIR CANE
W. WATSON & SON, 313 HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON, CIRCA 1875-80
With sighted barrel, the barrel section and air reservoir retaining much original lacquered finish, with original muzzle-cap with ramrod, brass rifled barrel insert, stirrup-pump with foot-plate, and cocking-key, in lined wooden case, almost certainly original, with instructions for use in the lid
36 ¼ in. (92 cm.) long when assembled as a cane
W. WATSON & SON, 313 HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON, CIRCA 1875-80
With sighted barrel, the barrel section and air reservoir retaining much original lacquered finish, with original muzzle-cap with ramrod, brass rifled barrel insert, stirrup-pump with foot-plate, and cocking-key, in lined wooden case, almost certainly original, with instructions for use in the lid
36 ¼ in. (92 cm.) long when assembled as a cane
Provenance
Anon. sale, Sotheby & Co., 19 July 1971, lot 16.
The Selden Collection of Antique Arms and Armour.
The Selden Collection of Antique Arms and Armour.
Special notice
From time to time, Christie's may offer a lot which it owns in whole or in part. This is such a lot.