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Lot 356*,Y

A Cased 32-Bore Percussion Box-Lock Belt Pistol
By S. Nock, London, Circa 1850

27 November 2019, 10:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Cased 32-Bore Percussion Box-Lock Belt Pistol
By S. Nock, London, Circa 1850

With octagonal sighted barrel signed along the top flat and engraved around the muzzle, border engraved case-hardened breech decorated with foliage on the top flat, foliate engraved case-hardened tang plate with back-sight, action and dolphin hammer decorated en suite, the former with safety-catch, chequered figured rounded butt with ovoidal butt-trap with hinged circular cover engraved with a flower-head, foliate engraved trigger-guard, vacant white-metal escutcheon, belt-clip retaining traces of blueing, stirrup ramrod, and traces of case-hardening (some old rust patination): in original lined and fitted mahogany case with brass-mounted powder-flask, ramrod, and steel bullet mould, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label, the exterior with circular vacant brass escutcheon, London proof marks
8 cm. barrel

Footnotes

Samuel Nock was elected Master of the Gunmakers' Company in 1863, and is recorded at 43 Regent Street, London between 1823 and 1852

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