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Lot 239*

A Cased 54-Bore Tranter Patent Third Model Five-Shot Self-Cocking Percussion Revolver
Retailed By W. Richards, Bourke St., East Melbourne, No. 21481.T., Circa 1868

11 May 2016, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £3,500 inc. premium

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A Cased 54-Bore Tranter Patent Third Model Five-Shot Self-Cocking Percussion Revolver
Retailed By W. Richards, Bourke St., East Melbourne, No. 21481.T., Circa 1868

With blued octagonal sighted barrel engraved around the muzzle and with scrolling foliage on each side of the breech, blued border engraved top-strap with retailer's name and address, case-hardened cylinder with knurled forward edge, blued border engraved frame and trigger-guard decorated with scrolling foliage, bright patent double-trigger, hammer and scroll engraved patent rammer, blued safety-stop, arbor pin and sprung catch, foliate scroll engraved ovoidal butt-cap, chequered rounded butt, and most of its original finish (some surface rust patination): in original lined and fitted mahogany case with full accessories (turnscrew later) including brass bullet mould and G. & J.W. Hawksley powder-flask, the latter with split-ring for suspension, the exterior of the lid with vacant circular brass escutcheon, Birmingham proof marks
15.3 cm. barrel

Footnotes

William Richards is recorded at 105 Bourke Street, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, between 1866 and 1885

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