拍品专文
Part of a large order of carbines and pistols supplied to the Irish postal, police and customs services in the 1820s. See D.H.L. Back, Messers Rigby 1760-1869, p. 29, plates 6a, b, 7
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SIGNED W. & J. RIGBY, DUBLIN, CIRCA 1820-26
细节
A Rare Pair Of 16-Bore Irish Percussion Police Pistols
Signed W. & J. Rigby, Dublin, circa 1820-26
With 9in. (22.8cm.) barrels stamped 'Dublin' on the top flat, patent breeches, flat locks each with stamped signature and stepped tail, walnut three-quarter stocks (some damage), brass mounts of regulation pattern, and stirrup ramrods, the butts with painted numbers '189/190'
14in. (37.5cm.) (2)
Signed W. & J. Rigby, Dublin, circa 1820-26
With 9in. (22.8cm.) barrels stamped 'Dublin' on the top flat, patent breeches, flat locks each with stamped signature and stepped tail, walnut three-quarter stocks (some damage), brass mounts of regulation pattern, and stirrup ramrods, the butts with painted numbers '189/190'
14in. (37.5cm.) (2)