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THE FIRST SIGNED WILLIAMS, LIVERPOOL, MID-19TH CENTURY, THE SECOND BY WILLIAM COLE, BELFAST, CIRCA 1820
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An 80-Bore Cooper Patent Six-Shot Percussion Pepperbox Revolver, And A 16-Bore Irish Percussion Overcoat Pistol
The first signed Williams, Liverpool, mid-19th Century, the second by William Cole, Belfast, circa 1820
The first with fluted barrel block, scroll engraved white metal action and grip-strap, the former signed and engraved 'J.R. Cooper's Patent.', thumbpiece safety-catch, under-hammer and ring-trigger, and varnished figured walnut grips (varnish worn, iron parts with patches of pitting and discolouration), Birmingham proof marks; the second converted from flintlock, with rebrowned twist sighted barrel engraved 'Belfast' and with two gold breech lines, engraved tang, signed scroll engraved case-hardened lock with safety-catch and stepped tail, figured walnut full stock, chequered butt, engraved silver butt-cap, engraved iron mounts, engraved silver escutcheon, silver barrel-bolt escutcheons, and later ramrod
7½in. (19cm.) and 8in. (20.3cm.) (2)
The first signed Williams, Liverpool, mid-19th Century, the second by William Cole, Belfast, circa 1820
The first with fluted barrel block, scroll engraved white metal action and grip-strap, the former signed and engraved 'J.R. Cooper's Patent.', thumbpiece safety-catch, under-hammer and ring-trigger, and varnished figured walnut grips (varnish worn, iron parts with patches of pitting and discolouration), Birmingham proof marks; the second converted from flintlock, with rebrowned twist sighted barrel engraved 'Belfast' and with two gold breech lines, engraved tang, signed scroll engraved case-hardened lock with safety-catch and stepped tail, figured walnut full stock, chequered butt, engraved silver butt-cap, engraved iron mounts, engraved silver escutcheon, silver barrel-bolt escutcheons, and later ramrod
7½in. (19cm.) and 8in. (20.3cm.) (2)
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