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Lot 423*
A Very Rare 54-Bore Pennell Patent 'Hammerless' Six-Shot Self-Cocking Percussion Belt RevolverRetailed By W. Chance, Son & Co. Of London, Circa 1855
27 July 2006, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,140 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA Very Rare 54-Bore Pennell Patent 'Hammerless' Six-Shot Self-Cocking Percussion Belt Revolver
Retailed By W. Chance, Son & Co. Of London, Circa 1855
Retailed By W. Chance, Son & Co. Of London, Circa 1855
With blued octagonal sighted barrel engraved with retailer's name along the top flat and with foliage around the muzzle (barrel-catch and detachable rammer missing), cylinder numbered from '1' to '6' and engraved around the forward edge, patent open frame engraved with scrolling foliage and with safety-stud on the left side, enclosed stricker (defective), foliate scroll engraved tang, trigger-guard and butt-trap with hinged circular cover, vacant silver escutcheon, chequered rounded butt with flared pommel, belt hook, and very faint traces of original finish, Birmingham proof marks
16.5 cm. barrel
16.5 cm. barrel
Footnotes
This revolver, one of about ten thought to survive, incorporates Thomas Pennell's British Patent No. 1038 of 29 April 1853. For another example by the same maker and sold in these Rooms see Antique Arms & Armour, 14 April 2005, lot 328








