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A VERY RARE 52-BORE WESTLEY RICHARDS PATENT SIX-SHOT SINGLE-ACTION PERCUSSION REVOLVER

BY WESTLEY RICHARDS, 170 NEW BOND ST., LONDON, NO. 39, CIRCA 1855

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A VERY RARE 52-BORE WESTLEY RICHARDS PATENT SIX-SHOT SINGLE-ACTION PERCUSSION REVOLVER
By Westley Richards, 170 New Bond St., London, No. 39, circa 1855
With octagonal sighted hinged tip-up barrel signed in full on the top flat (rammer missing from left side), plain serial numbered cylinder and frame, side-hammer, chequered walnut grips (repaired), and lanyard-ring in the butt-plate (in worn condition with surface pitting, some surfaces filed down), Birmingham proof marks
11in. (28cm.)

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

This revolver incorporates British Patents Nos. 933 and 911, respectively of 3 May 1854 and 24 April 1855

Cf. Claude Blair, Pistols of the World, nos. 653-654

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