26th Jun, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria
289
‡ A 16 BORE PERCUSSION BELT PISTOL BY WESTLEY RICHARDS, 170 NEW BOND STREET, LONDON, NO. 520, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1840
with signed browned twist octagonal sighted barrel, engraved case-hardened breech decorated with a scallop shell and inlaid with a platinum line, pierced platinum plug, foliate scroll-engraved tang incorporating the back-sight, signed scroll-engraved flush-fitting flat lock fitted with bolt safety-catch and hammer en suite, full stock, engraved blued steel mounts including numbered trigger-guard decorated with scrolls, belt hook with engraved terminal, stirrup ramrod with engraved links, vacant white metal escutcheon and white metal barrel bolt escutcheons, 13.0 cm barrel
Sold for £450
with signed browned twist octagonal sighted barrel, engraved case-hardened breech decorated with a scallop shell and inlaid with a platinum line, pierced platinum plug, foliate scroll-engraved tang incorporating the back-sight, signed scroll-engraved flush-fitting flat lock fitted with bolt safety-catch and hammer en suite, full stock, engraved blued steel mounts including numbered trigger-guard decorated with scrolls, belt hook with engraved terminal, stirrup ramrod with engraved links, vacant white metal escutcheon and white metal barrel bolt escutcheons, 13.0 cm barrel
Auction: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 26th Jun, 2024
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Sunday 23rd June: 12:00pm to 4:00pm
Monday 24th June: 10:00am to 7.00pm
Tuesday 25th June: 10.00am to 5.00pm
AUCTION DAY: 26TH JUNE 2024, AT 11:00am
