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A pair of Deringer Patent percussion pocket pistols by Tufts & Colley image 1
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Lot 5182ANTIQUE

A pair of Deringer Patent percussion pocket pistols by Tufts & Colley

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Antique Arms & Armor and Modern Sporting Guns
8 June 2015, 10:00 PDT
San Francisco

US$2,500 - US$3,500

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A pair of Deringer Patent percussion pocket pistols by Tufts & Colley

Each with 2 1/2 inch (3 5/16" overall) brown striped .38 caliber barrel with German silver fore-sights and marked Deringer Pattn; casehardened and silver-banded breeches. Casehardened and sighted tangs. Casehardened and engraved back action locks signed Tufts/& Colley Engraved German silver triggerguard with pineapple finial, the balance of the furniture plain. Varnished walnut stocks with checkered panels at wrist.
Condition: Fine to excellent. Barrels retain much of the Damascus pattern, one pistol with traces of gold oxide remaining. Breeches, tangs and locks on one pistol retain 80-90% plus partially vivid casehardening, the other perhaps 40-50%. Fine stocks showing minor chipping to varnish and scattered light marks.
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Note: Charles Oates Colley and Walter Tufts, Jr., New York City, 1861-65. See page 119 of The Deringer in America, Vol. I, Wilson and Eberhart.

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A Cased Pair Of Scottish 50-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols By Alex.r Martin, Glasgow, Mid-19th Century
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A Pair Of Highland All-Metal Percussion Belt Pistols Signed Paton & Walsh Perth, Mid 19th century
A Silver-Mounted Left-Hand Dagger, probably German, Italian or English Late 16th Century Or Later
FOUR REPRODUCTION CARVED POWDER HORNS/FLASKS.late 20th century.
THREE CARVED COCONUT ITEMS.18th/19th century.
A COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE AND REPRODUCTION POWDER FLASKS AND RELATED SPORTING ITEMS.
THREE VICTORIAN ARMS AND ARMOUR DECORATIVE ITEMS.