BY W. & J. RIGBY, 24 SUFFOLK STREET, DUBLIN, NOS. 7878 AND 7879 FOR 1836

Details

A Fine Cased Pair Of 40-Bore Irish D.B. Percussion Travelling Pistols
By W. & J. Rigby, 24 Suffolk Street, Dublin, Nos. 7878 and 7879 for 1836
With etched twist sighted barrels signed on the rib, scroll engraved case-hardened patent breeches each with two platinum lines and pierced platinum plug, scroll engraved tangs each extending to form an engraved blued hinged cover for three cavaties in the butt for balls and percussion caps, signed back-action locks each with three bents and engraved with characteristic scrollwork, figured walnut half-stocks each with chequered butt, engraved blued iron mounts including trigger-guards engraved with further scrollwork, silver pommels, stirrup ramrods, and much original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case (lid cracked) with accessories including three-way flask, the lid with trade label and flush-fitting carrying handle (one compartment lid missing), stocker's mark of James Pattison
9in. (22.9cm.)

Literature

D.H.L. Back, Messrs Rigby 1760-1869, p. 79, plates 29, 30

Special notice

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

Lot Essay

Originally supplied to Captain Aubrey St. George at a cost of £36.15.0
A handwritten note in the case reads: 'Bought in Stevens Auction Rooms about 1936'

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