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A 54-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Over-And-Under Tap-Action Pistol By J. & S. Weatherhead & Co., Derby, Circa 1825
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Including property from the Mark and Peter Dineley Collections
27 November 2019, 10:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £573.75 inc. premium
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By J. & S. Weatherhead & Co., Derby, Circa 1825
By J. & S. Weatherhead & Co., Derby, Circa 1825
With turn-off barrels numbered '6' and '7' respectively at the breeches, border engraved breeches and action retaining traces of original case-hardening, the former numbered to correspond with barrels, the latter signed between foliage and a martial trophy of one side, and engraved 'Derby' in an oval against a martial trophy on the other, engraved thumbpiece safety-catch also locking the steel, the latter with blued spring, trigger-guard engraved with a star on the bow, figured flat-sided butt, silver escutcheon engraved with owner's initials, and retaining traces of original finish, Birmingham proof marks
6.3 cm. barrels
6.3 cm. barrels
Footnotes
J. & S. Weatherhead & Co. are recorded in Irongate, Derby, Derbyshire between 1821 and 1857







