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A Very Rare 40-Bore Sheath Patent Five-Shot Self-Cocking Percussion RevolverIndistinctly Signed, No. 62, Circa 1853
27 November 2013, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge£1,000 - £1,500
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A Very Rare 40-Bore Sheath Patent Five-Shot Self-Cocking Percussion Revolver
Indistinctly Signed, No. 62, Circa 1853
Indistinctly Signed, No. 62, Circa 1853
With blued octagonal sighted barrel engraved around the muzzle and indistinctly signed with London retailer's details along the top flat, plain cylinder, blued border engraved open frame (action defective, barrel-screw replaced) decorated with foliate scrollwork and engraved 'Sheath's Patent No. 62' on one side, safety-stop, blued foliate scroll engraved trigger-guard, chequered rounded butt with ovoidal butt-cap, and traces of original blueing (some pitting overall), London proof marks
19.3 cm. barrel
19.3 cm. barrel
Footnotes
Built according to I.B. Sheath's Patent No. 966 of 23 April 1853. This example appears to be one of only nine recorded examples. For a fine cased example sold in these Rooms see Antique Arms & Armour ..., 18 April 2012, lot 211
The retailer appears to be Benjamin Cogswell, 224 Strand, London, recorded there between 1842 and 1856




