Lot Essay
Originally supplied to R. Ellis at a cost of 12 gns.
Details
AN UNUSUAL CASED IRISH 60-BORE SIX-SHOT SAW-HANDELED PERCUSSION PEPPERBOX REVOLVER
BY WM. & JN. RIGBY, DUBLIN, NO. 9149 FOR 1843
The barrels engraved with scrolls at the breech and struck with Co. Carlow registration numbers, blued signed action engraved with characteristic scrollwork, bar-hammer, nipple shields and trigger-guard en suite, blued thumbpiece safety-catch, chequered figured walnut grips, blued trigger, and some original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case (lid repaired) with accessories including brass charger, and three-way flask, the lid with trade label of John Rigby & Co, 24 Suffolk Street, Dublin
8in.
BY WM. & JN. RIGBY, DUBLIN, NO. 9149 FOR 1843
The barrels engraved with scrolls at the breech and struck with Co. Carlow registration numbers, blued signed action engraved with characteristic scrollwork, bar-hammer, nipple shields and trigger-guard en suite, blued thumbpiece safety-catch, chequered figured walnut grips, blued trigger, and some original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case (lid repaired) with accessories including brass charger, and three-way flask, the lid with trade label of John Rigby & Co, 24 Suffolk Street, Dublin
8in.
Literature
D.H.L. Back, Messers Rigby 1760-1869, p. 99