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Lot 348*

A 50-Bore All-Metal Percussion Pistol
Signed Van Wart Son & Co., London, Mid-19th Century

29 April 2010, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £720 inc. premium

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A 50-Bore All-Metal Percussion Pistol
Signed Van Wart Son & Co., London, Mid-19th Century

With octagonal sighted barrel signed in full in script along the top flat and inlaid with brass and white-metal lines at the muzzle and breech, foliate engraved breech with gilt-copper lined stamp at the breech inscribed 'London', foliate engraved white-metal back-action lock, border engraved white-metal full stock decorated with scrolling foliage, faceted butt en suite and with flat ovoidal pommel with small engraved hinged butt-trap cover, foliate engraved white-metal trigger-guard, and stirrup ramrod, Birmingham proof marks
12.8 cm. barrel

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