A CONSOLE TUBE-LOCK GUN MECHANISM AND A SPANISH PILL-LOCK MECHANISM
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A CONSOLE TUBE-LOCK GUN MECHANISM AND A SPANISH PILL-LOCK MECHANISM

EACH CIRCA 1820

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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)
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
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

Giuseppe Console of Milan (recorded 1812-1840) invented the tube-lock system which was adopted by the Austrian Army

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