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NEARLY ALL FIRST HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY
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AN INTERESTING GROUP OF RARE EARLY PERCUSSION PRIMERS AND CAPS
Nearly all first half of the 19th Century
Including copper tubes of Joseph Manton and Alfred Clayton patent, Charles Lancaster "umbrella" primers, Westley Richards "mushroom" primers (some in their original labelled bag), a Peter Hawker tube dated 1849, a brass charger of small copper disks, Smith's patent 'Imperial' caps, paper and copper disks, nipples (some of Westley Richards type), and a Maynard tin containing a roll of tape primers
Nearly all first half of the 19th Century
Including copper tubes of Joseph Manton and Alfred Clayton patent, Charles Lancaster "umbrella" primers, Westley Richards "mushroom" primers (some in their original labelled bag), a Peter Hawker tube dated 1849, a brass charger of small copper disks, Smith's patent 'Imperial' caps, paper and copper disks, nipples (some of Westley Richards type), and a Maynard tin containing a roll of tape primers
Literature
Lewis Winant, Early Percussion Firearms, pp. 157-8, plates 207-8
See S. James Gooding, 'Pellets Tubes and Caps', The Canadian Journal of Arms Collecting, vol. 17, no. 4 (November 1979), pp. 107-125
See S. James Gooding, 'Pellets Tubes and Caps', The Canadian Journal of Arms Collecting, vol. 17, no. 4 (November 1979), pp. 107-125
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.