This auction has ended. View lot details
You may also be interested in
Lot 146
A Pair Of 36-Bore D.B. Percussion Travelling PistolsBy Jas. Wilkinson & Son, Gun Makers To His Majesty, London, No. 3608 For 1827
6 April 2006, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £4,080 inc. premium
Looking for a similar item?
Our Arms and Armour specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.
Find your local specialistA Pair Of 36-Bore D.B. Percussion Travelling Pistols
By Jas. Wilkinson & Son, Gun Makers To His Majesty, London, No. 3608 For 1827
By Jas. Wilkinson & Son, Gun Makers To His Majesty, London, No. 3608 For 1827
With browned twist sighted barrels signed in full along the rib and engraved with foliage and a scallop shell between the breeches, engraved case-hardened breeches each with pierced platinum plug, foliate engraved grooved tangs, signed bolted locks and dolphin hammers (two old replacements), figured half-stocks with chequered flattened butts, the latter each with shaped silver butt-cap engraved with foliage and scallopshells and with threaded aperture opening to reveal a cavity for percussion caps, foliate engraved blued steel trigger-guards each with engraved pineapple-shaped finial, engraved silver fore-end caps also forming the ramrod-entry, silver escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, the former engraved with owner's crest, original brass-mounted ramrods, and some original finish, London proof marks (3)
15.3 cm. barrels
15.3 cm. barrels
Footnotes
Offered with a modern display case with hallmarked silver plaque engraved with details of the pistols
Recorded as finished in March 1827 and sold to a W. Peters Esqr.








