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A Percussion AlarmMid-19th Century
27 November 2013, 13:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £375 inc. premium
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A Percussion Alarm
Mid-19th Century
Mid-19th Century
With short barrel and back-action lock mounted on a rectangular steel plate pierced with two holes for attachment, the trigger-lever pierced with a hole for a trip-cord (some rust patination)
17.5 cm. wide
17.5 cm. wide
Footnotes
For a similar example described as a belt pistol see Lewis Winant, Firearms Curiosa, 1955, p. 152, pls. 170 and 171








