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Lot 303*

A Cased .32 Rim-Fire Tipping & Lawden Sharps' Patent Four-Shot Deringer
No. 717, Late 19th Century

27 November 2019, 10:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Cased .32 Rim-Fire Tipping & Lawden Sharps' Patent Four-Shot Deringer
No. 717, Late 19th Century

With blued fluted barrels sliding forward for loading and with sprung release beneath, silvered brass action and butt, the former stamped '.Tipping & Lawden. Sharps' Patent.' in a circle on one side, rotating hammer-nose, spur trigger, rounded floral gutta-percha grips against a chequered ground, and most of its original finish: in original fitted wooden case (keyhole escutcheon missing) lined in blue baize with blued cleaning rod and pewter oil bottle, the exterior of the lid veneered in walnut and with shield-shaped vacant brass escutcheon, Birmingham proof marks
7.6 cm. barrels

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Cf. a very similar example sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms, Armour & Modern Sporting Guns, 23 May 2018, lot 452

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