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A Rare Irish 120-Bore All-Steel Percussion Box-Lock Pocket PistolBy W. & J. Rigby, Dublin, Circa 1825
25 July 2007, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £3,000 inc. premium
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By W. & J. Rigby, Dublin, Circa 1825
By W. & J. Rigby, Dublin, Circa 1825
With turn-off barrel stamped with Irish registration number along the top and numbered '2' on the lug, flat-sided action and butt in one piece and engraved with characteristic border and foliate scroll engraving, signed in gothic script along the left side and decorated with a starburst in front of the back-sight, engraved hammer, blued folding trigger, and pommel pierced to form a barrel key
4.5 cm. barrel
4.5 cm. barrel
Footnotes
See D.H.L. Back, Messrs Rigby 1760-1869, 1992, p. 38, pl. 14. For a similar pair of pistols see Christie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 9 November 2000, lot 152




