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Lot 221*
A Very Fine And Rare Prince's Patent 22-Bore Breech-Loading Percussion Rifled CarbineSigned Prince's Patent, London, Circa 1855
11 May 2016, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £4,375 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA Very Fine And Rare Prince's Patent 22-Bore Breech-Loading Percussion Rifled Carbine
Signed Prince's Patent, London, Circa 1855
Signed Prince's Patent, London, Circa 1855
With two-stage barrel sliding towards for loading and rifled with five wide grooves, the sighted forward section browned twist and with blued folding leaf back-sight, the rear section left bright, signed along the top flat and operating within two blued barrel band clips, case-hardened border engraved breech decorated with foliate scrollwork, tang, signed detented back-action lock and hammer all en suite, the lock stamped 'E. Hodges' on the inside, figured half-stock lined in brass and, with horn fore-end cap chequered grip, case-hardened border engraved butt-plate and trigger-guard each decorated with foliate scrollwork, the latter with chequered spur, dark horn finger-stop, and blued catch on the bow securing the blued detachable bolt, the bolt operating within a blued border engraved guide-plate decorated with scrolling foliage, sling mount engraved as a flower-head, and retaining virtually all its original finish, London proof marks
59.7 cm. barrel
59.7 cm. barrel
Footnotes
Frederick Prince was granted British Patent No. 386 on 21 February 1855 for 'Breech actions, sliding-barrel'. He is recorded at 138 New Bond Street in 1859
For a cased example see Christie's South Kensington, Antique Arms and Armour, 23 May 1990, lot 114








