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An Irish 15-Bore Flintlock Service PistolBy Rigby, Dublin, Circa 1820-26
30 November 2016, 11:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £875 inc. premium
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By Rigby, Dublin, Circa 1820-26
By Rigby, Dublin, Circa 1820-26
With re-browned twist barrel stamped 'Dublin' along the top flat, plain tang, flat lock with stamped signature and roller, figured full stock with flattened butt, brass mounts comprising spurred butt-cap (retaining screw replaced), trigger-guard with pineapple-shaped finial, and rear ramrod-pipe, and stirrup ramrod (some wear and light pitting), Dublin proof mark
12.5 cm. barrel
12.5 cm. barrel
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Provenance
Phillips Oxford, Arms and Armour, 29 March 2001, lot 187
Probably part of a large order of carbines and pistols supplied to the Irish police, postal and customs services in the 1820s. See D.H.L. Back, Messrs Rigby 1760-1869, 1992, p. 29








