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A Pair Of 54-Bore Percussion Box-Lock Pocket PistolsBy Jackson, Nottingham, Mid-19th Century
29 November 2018, 10:30 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £750 inc. premium
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By Jackson, Nottingham, Mid-19th Century
By Jackson, Nottingham, Mid-19th Century
With blued turn-off barrels each engraved with a broad band of foliage around the muzzle, bright rounded actions signed over each side and decorated with scrolling foliage, engraved thumbpiece safety-catches, blued folding triggers, finely chequered figured founded butts, vacant silver escutcheons, and much original finish (some light rust patination), Birmingham proof marks (2)
4.2 cm. barrels
4.2 cm. barrels
Footnotes
The maker or retailer is probably John Low Jackson recorded as 'Manufacturer to H.R.H. The Duke of Sussex'. He was at Low Pavement, Nottingham between 1821 and 1828, and at Church Gate between 1831 and 1864. He was granted British Patent No. 4823 of 29 June 1823 for a self-priming percussion lock




