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Lot 555*

A 60-Bore Box-Lock Pocket Pistol For 'Top-Hat' Percussion Caps
Signed J. Bishop, London, Mid-19th Century

28 July 2010, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A 60-Bore Box-Lock Pocket Pistol For 'Top-Hat' Percussion Caps
Signed J. Bishop, London, Mid-19th Century

With blued turn-off barrel engraved with a broad band of foliage around the muzzle, signed foliate engraved brass action, engraved thumbpiece safety-catch also originally locking the cap-retainer, the latter with steel-shaped extension, folding trigger, chequered rounded butt with circular butt-trap with hinged engraved white-metal cover, and vacant diamond-shaped white-metal escutcheon, Birmingham proof marks
6.3 cm. barrel

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