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A Cased Pair Of Scottish 50-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols By Alex.r Martin, Glasgow, Mid-19th Century
The medals and associate ephemera and uniforms of Arthur Watts, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons
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A Fine Cased 38-Bore Adams Patent 1851 Model 'Dragoon' Five-Shot Self-Cocking Percussion Revolver image 1
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Lot 327

A Fine Cased 38-Bore Adams Patent 1851 Model 'Dragoon' Five-Shot Self-Cocking Percussion Revolver
Retailed By Moore & Woodward, 64 St. James's Street, London, No. 5844.R, Circa 1855

Antique Arms and Armour Including the S. James Gooding Collection
25 November 2015, 14:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Fine Cased 38-Bore Adams Patent 1851 Model 'Dragoon' Five-Shot Self-Cocking Percussion Revolver
Retailed By Moore & Woodward, 64 St. James's Street, London, No. 5844.R, Circa 1855

With blued octagonal sighted barrel engraved in script with retailer's name and address in full along the blued top-strap, serial numbered case-hardened cylinder, blued border engraved frame decorated with foliate scrollwork on each side, blued safety-stop, arbor pin and catch, blued 1854 patent lever rammer, blued foliate scroll engraved trigger-guard and ovoidal butt-cap (loss of finish), the latter with hinged cover engraved with a scallop shell, chequered figured rounded butt, and silver escutcheon engraved with owner's name 'Hermann Schwartz', and retaining most of its original finish: in original lined and fitted oak case with accessories including brass bullet mould and Dixon & Son powder-flask, last retaining most of its original finish and with split-ring for suspension, the interior of the lid with yellow maker's label of Deane, Adams & Deane, 30 King William Street, London Bridge, the exterior with vacant circular brass escutcheon, London proof marks
19.5 cm. barrel

Footnotes

Charles Moore and James Woodward are recorded at 64 St. James's Street between 1843 and 1872

Cf. a similar example sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms and Armour..., 25 July 2007, lot 422

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A Cased Pair Of Scottish 50-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols By Alex.r Martin, Glasgow, Mid-19th Century
The medals and associate ephemera and uniforms of Arthur Watts, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons
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.