A FINE CASED 54-BORE DEANE HARDING PATENT FIVE-SHOT DOUBLE-ACTION PERCUSSION REVOLVER

BY DEANE & SON, LONDON BRIDGE, SERIAL NO. 25032, CIRCA 1863

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A FINE CASED 54-BORE DEANE HARDING PATENT FIVE-SHOT DOUBLE-ACTION PERCUSSION REVOLVER
BY DEANE & SON, LONDON BRIDGE, SERIAL NO. 25032, CIRCA 1863
With blued octagonal sighted barrel, blued border engraved top-strap signed 'DEANE & SON, LONDON BRIDGE', blued serial numbered cylinder, border engraved blued frame signed 'DEANE HARDING PATENT NO. 25032' on the right side, the barrel assembly secured to the frame by a threaded screw passing through the top-strap and frame-lug, blued safety-stop, bright hammer, chequered figured walnut butt, case-hardened butt-cap, blued trigger-guard, blued Harding patent loading-lever, and much original finish, London proof marks, in fitted oak case lined in green baize with some accessories including brass double-cavity bullet-mould, Dixon pistol-flask and case-hardened oil bottle, the exterior with circular brass escutcheon engraved 'W.B. RHODES'
6in (15.2cm) barrel

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William Barnard Rhodes (1807-1878) was the eldest of four brothers who played key roles in the early political, business and pastoral life of New Zealand prior to organised settlement. Hailing from Yorkshire, W.B. Rhodes successfully established various trading businesses on both the North and South islands from the late 1830s onwards. Three of his brothers gravitated to New Zealand over the following decade to follow in W.B's footsteps, each becoming successful in his own right. W.B sat in the House of Representatives between 1853 and 1866 and amongst other ventures was the founder of the Bank of New Zealand

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