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A Fine Cased 40-Bore Five-Shot Percussion Pepperbox RevolverBy J.W. Edge, Manchester, Circa 1850
29 April 2010, 11:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £4,560 inc. premium
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By J.W. Edge, Manchester, Circa 1850
By J.W. Edge, Manchester, Circa 1850
With fluted case-hardened barrels engraved around the muzzles and breeches, rounded case-hardened action finely engraved with scrolling foliage and signed within a scroll on one side, nipple-shield decorated en suite partly against a cross-hatched ground, case-hardened foliate scroll engraved bar-hammer, blued thumbpiece safety-catch, blued foliate scroll engraved trigger-guard, blued trigger, finely chequered figured rounded butt carved with lines around the ovoidal pommel and with case-hardened butt-trap with hinged circular cover engraved with scrolling foliage, vacant silver escutcheon, and in fine condition retaining nearly all its original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case (keyhole escutcheon missing) with accessories including Sykes three-way flask retaining most of its original lacquered finish, and case-hardened ramrod threaded for the powder-measure, cleaning-head and blued worm, the exterior of the lid with vacant circular brass escutcheon, Birmingham proof marks
9 cm. barrels
9 cm. barrels
Footnotes
John William Edge is recorded at various addresses in Manchester between 1827-64. He was a well-known pigeon shot of the day








