Sale 9436
London, King Street-South Kensington Offsite sale
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18 July 2002
Price realised
GBP 5,975
Estimate
A CONSOLE TUBE-LOCK GUN MECHANISM AND A SPANISH PILL-LOCK MECHANISM Each circa 1820 The first finely engraved with scrollwork and a hind, signed in gold letters 'Giuseppe Console', and with chiselled details, some against a gilt ground; the second with external mainspring, chiselled details, striker in the form of a monster, and gold-lined chamber for the pill 8in. (12.7cm.) and 4 cm. (10.2cm.) (2)
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Literature
(The first) Lewis Winant, Early Percussion Firearms, p.79, plate 67 (The second) ibid., p. 76, plate 54 W. Keith Neal, Spanish Guns and Pistols, p. 42, plate 89
Giuseppe Console of Milan (recorded 1812-1840) invented the tube-lock system which was adopted by the Austrian Army
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