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An Unusual Continental Combined Spear And 20-Bore Percussion PistolMid-19th Century
25 November 2015, 14:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,875 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistAn Unusual Continental Combined Spear And 20-Bore Percussion Pistol
Mid-19th Century
Mid-19th Century
With point of stiff diamond section mounted on a cross-bar of circular section, the latter with bud-shaped terminals and acting against a spring on each side to automatically fire the pistol via a bar moving within the under-rib and engaging with the trigger, faceted barrel, box-lock action, trigger-guard, and steel ramrod retained by a spring, on tapering socket mounted on a tapering bamboo shaft, the latter lacquered brown and set with iron studs, and with turned and moulded brass knob-shaped terminal also forming a counterweight
46 cm. head, 206.5 cm. overall
46 cm. head, 206.5 cm. overall
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Provenance
The collection of Prince George of Greece (1869-1957)
For an almost identical example see F. Theodore Dexter, Half Century Scrapbook of Vari-Type Firearms..., 1960, pp. 128, pl. 59, fig. 955








