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An Exceptionally Fine And Rare Cased 64-Bore Seven-Shot Percussion 'Turret' RevolverBy James Wilkinson & Son, No. 27 Pall Mall, London, No. 5158 For 1839
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By James Wilkinson & Son, No. 27 Pall Mall, London, No. 5158 For 1839
By James Wilkinson & Son, No. 27 Pall Mall, London, No. 5158 For 1839
10.5 cm. barrel, 28.6 cm. overall
Footnotes
Provenance:
W. Keith Neal Collection, C102
Christie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 25 October 2001, lot 170
Literature:
W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, British Gunmakers Their Trade Cards, Cases and Equipment 1760-1860, 1980, pl. 506
Originally supplied to Sir J. Campbell in September 1839 (offered with a colour photocopy of the maker's ledger entry)
This pistol is constructed to Moses Poole's British Patent No. 7286 of 19 January 1837, probably designed by the American, J.W. Cochran of New York City. It is believed that only about seventeen 'turret' longarms and pistols were made. A.W.F. Taylerson records 'A few pistols were made on this system, but it was principally used in longarms'. A very similar cased pistol (no. 5125) used by Lord Egerton, sportsman, author, and poet, is preserved in the Royal Armouries, Leeds (inv. no. XII. 3899)








