BY JOSEPH BRAZIER, WOLVERHAMPTON, NO. 30171.B., CIRCA 1851
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A 54-Bore Deane-Adams 1851 ('Dragoon') Five-Shot Self-Cocking Percussion Revolver
By Joseph Brazier, Wolverhampton, No. 30171.B., Circa 1851
With blued octagonal sighted barrel, the top-strap engraved with the retailer's name 'Wilkinson & Son, Pall Mall, London', plain cylinder, scroll engraved blued frame of Belgian manufacture with blued safety-stop, arbor pin and arbor pin catch, chequered walnut butt, engraved blued trigger-guard, engraved butt-trap with engraved hinged cover, and much original finish, London proof marks
11½in. (29.2cm.)
For revolvers of this type see Chamberlain & Taylerson, Adams' Revolvers, p. 55
By Joseph Brazier, Wolverhampton, No. 30171.B., Circa 1851
With blued octagonal sighted barrel, the top-strap engraved with the retailer's name 'Wilkinson & Son, Pall Mall, London', plain cylinder, scroll engraved blued frame of Belgian manufacture with blued safety-stop, arbor pin and arbor pin catch, chequered walnut butt, engraved blued trigger-guard, engraved butt-trap with engraved hinged cover, and much original finish, London proof marks
11½in. (29.2cm.)
For revolvers of this type see Chamberlain & Taylerson, Adams' Revolvers, p. 55