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A 60-Bore Percussion Six-Shot Pepperbox Revolver By Chas. Piper, Cambridge, Circa 1850
29 November 2018, 10:30 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,000 inc. premium
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By Chas. Piper, Cambridge, Circa 1850
By Chas. Piper, Cambridge, Circa 1850
With fluted barrels engraved around the muzzles and retaining traces of original case-hardening, case-hardened action engraved with scrolling foliage and signed within an oval on one side, foliate engraved case-hardened bar-hammer with thumbpiece safety-catch, border engraved blued trigger-guard decorated with foliate scrollwork, case-hardened rounded butt-cap with hinged circular butt-trap cover engraved with scrolling foliage, finely chequered rounded butt, vacant silver escutcheon, and much original finish, Birmingham proof marks
8.5 cm. barrels
8.5 cm. barrels
Footnotes
Charles Piper is recorded in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire between 1849 and 1855




