Lot 44
44
A FINE PRESENTATION KERR'S PATENT 120-BORE FIVE-SHOT PERCUSSION REVOLVER, No.750, with blued scroll engraved frame and cylinder, signed scroll engraved case-hardened back-action lock with blued safety-catch, scroll engraved case-hardened trigger-guard, chequered figured walnut butt, silver escutcheon engraved with the crest and motto of the recipient, silver pommel engraved with presentation inscription, and most of its original finish: in its lined and fitted brass-bound mahogany case with accessories, the lid with instructions label, by the London Armoury Co., Bermondsey, London proof marks

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A FINE PRESENTATION KERR'S PATENT 120-BORE FIVE-SHOT PERCUSSION REVOLVER, No.750, with blued scroll engraved frame and cylinder, signed scroll engraved case-hardened back-action lock with blued safety-catch, scroll engraved case-hardened trigger-guard, chequered figured walnut butt, silver escutcheon engraved with the crest and motto of the recipient, silver pommel engraved with presentation inscription, and most of its original finish: in its lined and fitted brass-bound mahogany case with accessories, the lid with instructions label, by the London Armoury Co., Bermondsey, London proof marks
11in.

Lot Essay

The inscription on the pommel reads 'All Comers Prize. Wimbledon 1861. Won by H. F. Dickins, Victoria Rifles'
The Victoria Rifles originated with the Royal Victoria Rifle Club, from which the Victoria Rifles were formed in 1853, becoming the 1st Middlesex (Victoria) Rifle Volunteer Force (based in Kilburn) in 1859
Hans Busk, author of The Rifleman's Manuel, or Rifles and How to Use Them was a Captain of the force in 1860

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