Lot Essay
Incorporating British patent no. 960 of 4 December 1852 (hammer safety) and no. 768 of 4 April 1854 (rammer)
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RETAILED BY THORNTON & SONS, LONDON, SERIAL NO. A.431, CIRCA 1854
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A VERY FINE 54-BORE BENTLEY PATENT FIVE-SHOT SELF-COCKING PERCUSSION REVOLVER
RETAILED BY THORNTON & SONS, LONDON, SERIAL NO. A.431, CIRCA 1854
With blued octagonal sighted barrel, signed in full, engraved with a band of foliage at the muzzle and a spray of scrollwork at the breech, and cut with multi-groove rifling, case-hardened border engraved cylinder numbered from '1' to '5', border and scroll engraved blued frame, signed 'Bentley's Patent No. A.431', case-hardened scroll engraved hammer with blued Bentley patent safety-catch, finely chequered walnut grips, blued border and scroll engraved trigger-guard, case-hardened butt-cap with hinged trap-cover engraved with a flower-head and Bentley patent screw-rammer, retaining virtually all its original finish throughout (some flaking to trigger-guard), London proof marks
6½in. (16.5cm.) barrel
RETAILED BY THORNTON & SONS, LONDON, SERIAL NO. A.431, CIRCA 1854
With blued octagonal sighted barrel, signed in full, engraved with a band of foliage at the muzzle and a spray of scrollwork at the breech, and cut with multi-groove rifling, case-hardened border engraved cylinder numbered from '1' to '5', border and scroll engraved blued frame, signed 'Bentley's Patent No. A.431', case-hardened scroll engraved hammer with blued Bentley patent safety-catch, finely chequered walnut grips, blued border and scroll engraved trigger-guard, case-hardened butt-cap with hinged trap-cover engraved with a flower-head and Bentley patent screw-rammer, retaining virtually all its original finish throughout (some flaking to trigger-guard), London proof marks
6½in. (16.5cm.) barrel