AN 18-BORE OVER-AND-UNDER PERCUSSION BOX-LOCK RIFLED PISTOL-CARBINE with browned twist sighted barrels signed in full on the top flat, engraved case-hardened breeches, case-hardened tang engraved with scrolling foliage, case-hardened hammers and bolted actions engraved with scrolling foliage (barrel retaining screw missing), chequered figured walnut butt, blued trigger-guard engraved with scrolling foliage, engraved case-hardened steel shoulder-stock aperture, blued stirrup ramrod, complete with original figured walnut skeleton butt with engraved case-hardened mount (butt-plate lacking), and much original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with some accessories including bullet moulds and spare stirrup ramrod, the lid (detached) with folding brass carrying handle, by Westley Richards, 170 New Bond St., London, Birmingham proof marks, mid-19th Century

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AN 18-BORE OVER-AND-UNDER PERCUSSION BOX-LOCK RIFLED PISTOL-CARBINE with browned twist sighted barrels signed in full on the top flat, engraved case-hardened breeches, case-hardened tang engraved with scrolling foliage, case-hardened hammers and bolted actions engraved with scrolling foliage (barrel retaining screw missing), chequered figured walnut butt, blued trigger-guard engraved with scrolling foliage, engraved case-hardened steel shoulder-stock aperture, blued stirrup ramrod, complete with original figured walnut skeleton butt with engraved case-hardened mount (butt-plate lacking), and much original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with some accessories including bullet moulds and spare stirrup ramrod, the lid (detached) with folding brass carrying handle, by Westley Richards, 170 New Bond St., London, Birmingham proof marks, mid-19th Century
20¾in.

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