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Lot 165

A Flintlock Powder-Tester
Early 19th Century

25 July 2007, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £600 inc. premium

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A Flintlock Powder-Tester
Early 19th Century

Of box-lock pistol form, with brass action engraved 'Liverpool' within an oval against a martial trophy on one side, and with a vacant oval against a martial trophy on the other, the latter stamped 'W.R' beneath, brass indicator wheel acting against a spring and numbered from '1' to '8', made in one with an anvil stamped 'W.R' and fitting against the muzzle, exposed trigger, and figured flat-sided butt
15.5 cm.

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