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A hand held device, possibly a hand corker
the long brass tube with wood muzzle and pistol-shaped wood handle, the spring-loaded ram with with brass push button, applied with retailers plate marked Arnold & Sons, London, other lettering obliterated, and engraved, Patent No.699*? (the thumbpiece is soft soldered to the tube and possibly over another number) mishapen with various dents and abrasions.
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the long brass tube with wood muzzle and pistol-shaped wood handle, the spring-loaded ram with with brass push button, applied with retailers plate marked Arnold & Sons, London, other lettering obliterated, and engraved, Patent No.699*? (the thumbpiece is soft soldered to the tube and possibly over another number) mishapen with various dents and abrasions.
See group illustration
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