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BY TIPPING & LAWDEN, SERIAL NO. 3192, CIRCA 1860-65
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A FINE ENGRAVED CASED .30 (RIMFIRE) SHARPS' PATENT FOUR-SHOT PEPPERBOX DERRINGER
BY TIPPING & LAWDEN, SERIAL NO. 3192, CIRCA 1860-65
With reblued sliding barrel-block engraved with scrollwork and with an oval of punched dots on each side, frame profusely engraved with scrollwork and retaining virtually all its original nickel-plated finish, hammer with rotating nose, spur trigger, and gutta percha grips decorated in low relief with foliage, Birmingham proof marks, in original fitted mahogany case lined with blue baize, the lid with burr walnut veneer and shield-shaped escutcheon
3in. (7.6cm.) barrel-block
BY TIPPING & LAWDEN, SERIAL NO. 3192, CIRCA 1860-65
With reblued sliding barrel-block engraved with scrollwork and with an oval of punched dots on each side, frame profusely engraved with scrollwork and retaining virtually all its original nickel-plated finish, hammer with rotating nose, spur trigger, and gutta percha grips decorated in low relief with foliage, Birmingham proof marks, in original fitted mahogany case lined with blue baize, the lid with burr walnut veneer and shield-shaped escutcheon
3in. (7.6cm.) barrel-block