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RETAILED BY C.E. HURST, 46 WEST STREET, HORSHAM, CIRCA 1861-70
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A CASED 60-BORE BUTT-RESERVOIR PNEUMATIC WALKING-STICK AIR CANE WITH 140-BORE RIFLED INSERT AND STIRRUP-PUMP
RETAILED BY C.E. HURST, 46 WEST STREET, HORSHAM, CIRCA 1861-70
With black-lacquered sighted brass-lined barrel with concealed button-trigger, aperture for a cocking-key, and pivoting loading-gate, screw-fit brass rifled insert barrel, screw-fit brass muzzle-cap originally incorporating a ramrod, and cylindrical butt-reservoir with ivory cap, in original fitted mahogany case lined in dark blue baize with iron stirrup-pump with foot-plate, and iron barrel-cocking key, the lid with Hurst trade label (some wear to case lining, some partitions loose, lid escutcheon missing, key-hole escutcheon loose, air cane lacquered finish worn, exposed iron with light surface corrosion, pump with surface corrosion marking)
19¾in. (50.2cm.) barrel
RETAILED BY C.E. HURST, 46 WEST STREET, HORSHAM, CIRCA 1861-70
With black-lacquered sighted brass-lined barrel with concealed button-trigger, aperture for a cocking-key, and pivoting loading-gate, screw-fit brass rifled insert barrel, screw-fit brass muzzle-cap originally incorporating a ramrod, and cylindrical butt-reservoir with ivory cap, in original fitted mahogany case lined in dark blue baize with iron stirrup-pump with foot-plate, and iron barrel-cocking key, the lid with Hurst trade label (some wear to case lining, some partitions loose, lid escutcheon missing, key-hole escutcheon loose, air cane lacquered finish worn, exposed iron with light surface corrosion, pump with surface corrosion marking)
19¾in. (50.2cm.) barrel
注意事项
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