拍品專文
Made for Capt. Gordon
細節
A FINE CASED PAIR OF IRISH 36-BORE PERCUSSION PISTOLS
BY W. & I. RIGBY, DUBLIN, NO.S 7793 AND 7794 FOR 1835
With etched twist sighted barrels engraved 'Dublin' in the sighting groove, case-hardened patent breeches with platinum lines and pierced platinum plug, signed scroll engraved case-hardened locks, scroll engraved tangs extending to form an engraved blued cover for the cavaties for the balls, figured walnut full stocks, chequered butts, finely engraved blued steel mounts, small silver butt-caps, blued stirrup ramrods, and nearly all their original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case (lid replaced) with accessories including three-way flask
7½in.
BY W. & I. RIGBY, DUBLIN, NO.S 7793 AND 7794 FOR 1835
With etched twist sighted barrels engraved 'Dublin' in the sighting groove, case-hardened patent breeches with platinum lines and pierced platinum plug, signed scroll engraved case-hardened locks, scroll engraved tangs extending to form an engraved blued cover for the cavaties for the balls, figured walnut full stocks, chequered butts, finely engraved blued steel mounts, small silver butt-caps, blued stirrup ramrods, and nearly all their original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case (lid replaced) with accessories including three-way flask
7½in.
出版
D.H.L. Back, Messers Rigby 1760-1869, p. 75, plate 26