Lot 203
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A WESTLEY RICHARDS PATENT 54-BORE FIVE-SHOT SELF-COCKING PERCUSSION REVOLVER, No. 266, with blued octagonal sighted rifled barrel fitted with Westley Richards patent rack and pinion rammer on the left side, the top flat engraved 'Westley Richards 170 New Bond St. London (Patentee)', scroll engraved case-hardened action and side-hammer, and platinum filled gravitating safety-stop, blued scroll engraved trigger-guard, butt-cap with hinged engraved butt-trap cover, chequered saw-handled walnut butt, and some original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories including Sykes leather-covered pistol flask, the lid with illustrated trade label and shaped brass escutcheon

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A WESTLEY RICHARDS PATENT 54-BORE FIVE-SHOT SELF-COCKING PERCUSSION REVOLVER, No. 266, with blued octagonal sighted rifled barrel fitted with Westley Richards patent rack and pinion rammer on the left side, the top flat engraved 'Westley Richards 170 New Bond St. London (Patentee)', scroll engraved case-hardened action and side-hammer, and platinum filled gravitating safety-stop, blued scroll engraved trigger-guard, butt-cap with hinged engraved butt-trap cover, chequered saw-handled walnut butt, and some original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories including Sykes leather-covered pistol flask, the lid with illustrated trade label and shaped brass escutcheon
11¼in.

Lot Essay

This revolver incorporates British Patent No. 14,027 of 20 March 1852 and No. 933 of 3 May 1854

For the label see Taylor, Andrews and Frith, The Revolver 1818-1865, plate 34(top). It appears that only about 300 revolvers of this type were produced

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