THE FIRST SPURIOUSLY SIGNED R.S. CLARKE, LONDON, EACH CIRCA 1850
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A 40-Bore Belgian Percussion Box-Lock Pocket Pistol, And Another, Of 150-Bore
The First Spuriously Signed R.S. Clarke, London, Each Circa 1850
The first with multigroove rifled immitation twist barrel, scroll engraved action, folding trigger, and ebony butt with white-metal escutcheon and butt-cap, the latter with butt-trap; the second with etched twist barrel, finely engraved action and folding trigger (nose of hammer chipped), and swelling ivory butt, Liège proof
7in. (17.8cm.) and 4in. (10.2cm.) (2)
The First Spuriously Signed R.S. Clarke, London, Each Circa 1850
The first with multigroove rifled immitation twist barrel, scroll engraved action, folding trigger, and ebony butt with white-metal escutcheon and butt-cap, the latter with butt-trap; the second with etched twist barrel, finely engraved action and folding trigger (nose of hammer chipped), and swelling ivory butt, Liège proof
7in. (17.8cm.) and 4in. (10.2cm.) (2)