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Lot 503

A Very Rare 200-Bore Miniature Flintlock Box-Lock Pocket Pistol
By W.W. Richards Of Birmingham, Circa 1815

27 July 2006, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Very Rare 200-Bore Miniature Flintlock Box-Lock Pocket Pistol
By W.W. Richards Of Birmingham, Circa 1815

With blued turn-off barrel engraved with line ornament around the muzzle, bright action signed on a panel between foliage on one side, and with a martial trophy on the other, blued steel-spring, engraved thumbpiece safety-catch also locking the steel, blued folding trigger, flat-sided figured butt, and most of its original finish, indistinct private Birmingham proof mark
1.6 cm. barrel

Footnotes

William Westley Richards is recorded in Birmingham from 1812 to 1839. The Westley Richards London outlet at 150 New Bond Street was opened in 1815

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