BY WM. & JN. RIGBY, 24, SUFFOLK STREET, DUBLIN, NO. 10390 FOR 1852

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A Fine Cased 80-Bore Irish Six-Shot Percussion Pepperbox Revolver
By Wm. & Jn. Rigby, 24, Suffolk Street, Dublin, No. 10390 for 1852
With case-hardened hand-detachable barrel block engraved with characteristic scrollwork in front of each nipple and with foliage on the rib between each muzzle, the spindle serving as a ramrod, signed blued action engraved with further scrollwork, blued barrel block release studs, applied nipple-shield on each side engraved en suite, bar-hammer engraved en suite, the front bearing the fore-sight, the rear raised and grooved to form the back-sight, blued thumbpiece safety-catch with chequered stud, blued trigger-guard and serial numbered grip-strap engraved en suite, finely chequered figured walnut grips, and most of its original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories including brass charger and Dixon three-way flask, the lid with trade label
7¼in. (18.4cm.)

Literature

D.H.L. Back, Messrs Rigby 1760-1869, p. 133, plates 24, 49a, b

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

Originally supplied to T. Goff at a cost of £12.12.0

Sold with a page from The Shooting Times & Country Magazine dated 2 February 1962 with a short article by Major Noel Corry about a similar revolver

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