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BY JOHN RIGBY, DUBLIN, CIRCA 1797
Details
An Unusual 24-Bore Irish Flintlock Box-Lock Combined Pocket Pistol And Tinderlighter
By John Rigby, Dublin, circa 1797
With short turn-off rifled barrel cut with eight grooves and with a band of engraved ornament at the front and rear, border engraved action signed in gold ovals within engraved martial trophies, gold-lined pan with applied engraved shield on each side, engraved thumbpiece safety-catch also locking the steel, folding trigger with large guard engraved with a martial trophy, and flat-sided figured walnut butt (cracked, minor bruising, and some light pitting)
6in. (15.3cm.)
By John Rigby, Dublin, circa 1797
With short turn-off rifled barrel cut with eight grooves and with a band of engraved ornament at the front and rear, border engraved action signed in gold ovals within engraved martial trophies, gold-lined pan with applied engraved shield on each side, engraved thumbpiece safety-catch also locking the steel, folding trigger with large guard engraved with a martial trophy, and flat-sided figured walnut butt (cracked, minor bruising, and some light pitting)
6in. (15.3cm.)
Literature
D.H.L. Back, Messrs Rigby 1760-1869, pp. 14-16, plate 2
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.