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Made in accordance with British Patent No. 14027 of 20 March 1852. Total production of these revolvers was about 300
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BY WESTLEY RICHARDS, 170 NEW BOND ST., LONDON, NO. 157, CIRCA 1852
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A RARE 40-BORE WESTLEY RICHARDS PATENT FIVE-SHOT SELF-COCKING PERCUSSION REVOLVER
By Westley Richards, 170 New Bond St., London, No. 157, circa 1852
With octagonal sighted barrel with a re-engraved band at the muzzle and signed in full on the top flat (signature refreshed), plain serial numbered cylinder with angled nipples, blued scroll engraved frame with blued hammer and gravitating platinum-lined safety-stop, scroll engraved trigger-guard, border engraved pommel with scroll engraved butt-trap cover, chequered saw-handled figured walnut butt, and some original finish (scattered surface pitting), Birmingham proof marks
12¾in. (32.4cm.)
By Westley Richards, 170 New Bond St., London, No. 157, circa 1852
With octagonal sighted barrel with a re-engraved band at the muzzle and signed in full on the top flat (signature refreshed), plain serial numbered cylinder with angled nipples, blued scroll engraved frame with blued hammer and gravitating platinum-lined safety-stop, scroll engraved trigger-guard, border engraved pommel with scroll engraved butt-trap cover, chequered saw-handled figured walnut butt, and some original finish (scattered surface pitting), Birmingham proof marks
12¾in. (32.4cm.)
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