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BY FORSYTH & CO. PATENT GUN MAKER'S (SIC), LONDON, NOS. 2920 AND 2921, CIRCA 1822
細節
A Rare Cased Pair Of 40-Bore Forsyth Patent Sliding Primer Box-Lock Pocket Pistols
By Forsyth & Co. Patent Gun Maker's (sic), London, Nos. 2920 and 2921, circa 1822
Each with sighted octagonal border engraved barrel signed in full on the top flat, serial numbered action finely engraved with scrolling foliage within engraved borders, engraved safety-catch behind the hammer, folding trigger, finely chequered figured walnut butt, silver escutcheon, and finely engraved screw-on silver pommel-cap covering the butt-trap, one butt-trap containing the two-piece metal ramrod: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories including ivory priming-flask housing in its base two spare strikers for the hammers, London proof marks, one pistol with a trace of a Birmingham proof mark
67/8in. (17.5cm.)
By Forsyth & C
Each with sighted octagonal border engraved barrel signed in full on the top flat, serial numbered action finely engraved with scrolling foliage within engraved borders, engraved safety-catch behind the hammer, folding trigger, finely chequered figured walnut butt, silver escutcheon, and finely engraved screw-on silver pommel-cap covering the butt-trap, one butt-trap containing the two-piece metal ramrod: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories including ivory priming-flask housing in its base two spare strikers for the hammers, London proof marks, one pistol with a trace of a Birmingham proof mark
67/8in. (17.5cm.)
出版
W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, Forsyth & Co.: Patent Gunmakers, pp. 12-13, 54, plates 6, 30 and 31
Joseph G. Rosa and Robin May, The Pleasure of Guns, p. 75 (illustrated)
D.H.L. Back, Forsyth & Co: Patent Gunmakers, pp. 23, 44, plates 24, 25, and colour plate IX
Joseph G. Rosa and Robin May, The Pleasure of Guns, p. 75 (illustrated)
D.H.L. Back, Forsyth & Co: Patent Gunmakers, pp. 23, 44, plates 24, 25, and colour plate IX
注意事項
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.