63-64 Margaret St. London, W1W 8SW
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LOT 448:
PERCUSSION CAP POCKET PISTOL
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Sold for: £300
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300
Estimated price :
£450 - £900
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PERCUSSION CAP POCKET PISTOL
Ca. AD 1840s.A finely crafted pocket pistol, likely from the 1840s, featuring a smoothbore barrel and a percussion cap firing system. The hammer is decorated with a lion's head and the receiver is engraved with swirling, plant-like imagery and a thick zig-zag border. The external barrel is octagonal and the wooden handle is rounded and textured for a better grip. Small and easily concealable, pistols like this would have been used for self-defence.Size: 205mm x 75mm; Weight: 310gProvenance: From the private collection of an Essex gentleman; previously in an old British Collection, formed in the 1990s.
