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Lot 272

A Cased 80-Bore Percussion 'Birmingham-Made' Self-Cocking Revolver
Signed Askey, Bedale, Mid-19th Century

30 November 2016, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Cased 80-Bore Percussion 'Birmingham-Made' Self-Cocking Revolver
Signed Askey, Bedale, Mid-19th Century

With octagonal sighted barrel engraved around the muzzle, signed along the top flat and secured by a blued flat-headed screw beneath, cylinder numbered from '1' to '5' and turned around the forward edge, frame engraved with scrolling foliage on each side, trigger-guard and butt en suite, patent hammer-safety, Kerr-type rammer, chequered rounded ebony grips with a silver dot in the centre of each diamond, and with later nickel-plated finish overall: in original lined and fitted mahogany case (one compartment divider loose) with some accessories including brass-mounted powder-flask (cut-off spring incomplete), the interior of the lid with reproduction maker's label, the exterior with vacant brass escutcheon, Birmingham proof marks
12.2 cm. barrel

Footnotes

Isaac Askey, bird preserver, fishing tackle maker and engraver, is recorded at Market Place, Bedale, Yorkshire, between 1833 and 1867

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