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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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Lot 167*

A Rare 16-Bore Chillingham Percussion Rifled Musket, No. 10
By James Purdey Of London, Circa 1833

Antique Arms and Armour
11 May 2016, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Rare 16-Bore Chillingham Percussion Rifled Musket, No. 10
By James Purdey Of London, Circa 1833

With browned twist sighted barrel rifled with ten grooves, octagonal at the breech and with two folding leaf-sights to 200 yards, each leaf with central platinum line, numbered case-hardened patent breech and tang, the former with pierced platinum plug and oval steel protective shield, signed case-hardened flat lock, figured three-quarter stock (minor bruising) with cheek-piece, plain brass mounts including spur trigger-guard and fore-end cap, brass-tipped ramrod, and most of its original finish (sling mounts missing), Birmingham proof marks
86.7 cm. barrel

Footnotes

This is one of a unique stand-of-arms consisting of thirty-five weapons commissioned by the Earl of Tankerville of Chillingham Castle, Northumberland, complete with bayonets and other accessories, to arm a body of yeomanry. Purdey completed the order between February 1832 and June 1833. The first thirty-three weapons are virtually identical and were supplied at a cost of £10 each including bayonets. Numbers 34 and 35 were of higher quality priced at £15 15s each, and were intended for use by Lord Tankerville and his son, Lord Ossulston. See L. Patrick Unsworth, The Early Purdey's, 1996, pp. 106-107, pls. 92-93

For no. 16 from the above stand-of-arms see Thomas Del Mar Ltd In Association with Sotheby's, Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, London, 12 December 2007, lot 558 (£4800 including premium)

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