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Lot 543*
A 54-Bore Early Adams Patent 1851 Model Five-Shot Self-Cocking Percussion RevolverRetailed By H. Egg, 1 Piccadilly, London, No. 30.279.R., Circa 1855
28 July 2010, 14:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £504 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA 54-Bore Early Adams Patent 1851 Model Five-Shot Self-Cocking Percussion Revolver
Retailed By H. Egg, 1 Piccadilly, London, No. 30.279.R., Circa 1855
Retailed By H. Egg, 1 Piccadilly, London, No. 30.279.R., Circa 1855
With octagonal sighted barrel, top-strap with indistinct retailer's details, plain cylinder, border engraved frame (action defective) decorated with foliate scrollwork and engraved 'Charles Dashwood Esqre. Rifle Brigade' along one side, sprung safety-stop and arbor-pin catch (incomplete, arbor-pin missing), trigger-guard and ovoidal butt-cap en suite with the frame, the latter with hinged circular butt-trap cover, chequered figured rounded butt, and traces of original blueing (some wear, pitting and rust patination overall), London proof marks
16 cm. barrel
16 cm. barrel
Footnotes
Charles Browne Dashwood enlisted in the Prince Consort's Own Rifle Brigade in 1850 and was promoted to Captain in 1858




