The Property of
H.L. BLACKMORE ESQ. F.S.A., F.G.A, formerly Deputy Master of the Royal Armouries, H.M. Tower of London
The following eight lots were on loan to the Royal Armouries from 1980 to 1995
A VERY RARE PAIR OF 100-BORE FORSYTH PATENT PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOLS
Details
A VERY RARE PAIR OF 100-BORE FORSYTH PATENT PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOLS
BY FORSYTH & CO., LONDON, NO.S 2924 AND 2925 FOR 1822
Converted from sliding primer, with blued octagonal sighted barrels each signed on the top flat, engraved with double line borders, and decorated with sprays of foliage, actions and hammers engraved with foliage, engraved safety-catches, blued folding triggers, chequered walnut butts with engraved steel butt-caps, silver escutcheons engraved with owner's crest, and stirrup ramrods
6in. (15.2cm.) (2)
BY FORSYTH & CO., LONDON, NO.S 2924 AND 2925 FOR 1822
Converted from sliding primer, with blued octagonal sighted barrels each signed on the top flat, engraved with double line borders, and decorated with sprays of foliage, actions and hammers engraved with foliage, engraved safety-catches, blued folding triggers, chequered walnut butts with engraved steel butt-caps, silver escutcheons engraved with owner's crest, and stirrup ramrods
6in. (15.2cm.) (2)
Literature
W. Keith Neal & D.H.L. Back, Forsyth & Co.: Patent Gunmakers, 1969, p. 54