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A Cased Pair Of Scottish 50-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols By Alex.r Martin, Glasgow, Mid-19th Century
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An Exceptional Cased .36 Percussion Manhattan Series IV Five-Shot Revolver
No. 68855, Circa 1865

Fine Antique Arms & Armour Including An Important Group Of British Firearms
23 September 2020, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£2,500 - £3,500

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An Exceptional Cased .36 Percussion Manhattan Series IV Five-Shot Revolver
No. 68855, Circa 1865

With blued sighted barrel (light scratches around the barrel-wedge) stamped with manufacturer's details and patent date along the top flat, blued cylinder roll engraved with five foliate panels framing naval and military combat scenes, case-hardened frame, hammer and rammer, silvered trigger-guard and back-strap, the latter engraved with owner's name 'Philip H. Waterlow', varnished figured rounded grips, matching numbers, and in exceptional condition retaining virtually all its original finish: in contemporary English mahogany case fitted and lined in green baize incorporating a compartment for ammunition, and retaining the original blued iron bullet mould stamped with Manhattan manufactory details, and combined turnscrew/nipple-wrench, the exterior of the lid with oval brass escutcheon elaborately engraved with owner's name 'Philip H. Waterlow', London proof marks
10.2 cm. barrel

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Provenance
Christie's London, Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria, 16 July 2003, lot 215

Philip H. Waterlow is likely to be Sir Philip Hickson Waterlow, second baronet, who succeeded his father Sir Sydney Hedley Waterlow, a well-known philanthropist, member of parliament, and Lord Mayor of London

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A Cased Pair Of Scottish 50-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols By Alex.r Martin, Glasgow, Mid-19th Century
The medals and associate ephemera and uniforms of Arthur Watts, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons
A Pair Of Highland All-Metal Percussion Belt Pistols Signed Paton & Walsh Perth, Mid 19th century
A Silver-Mounted Left-Hand Dagger, probably German, Italian or English Late 16th Century Or Later
FOUR REPRODUCTION CARVED POWDER HORNS/FLASKS.late 20th century.
THREE CARVED COCONUT ITEMS.18th/19th century.
A COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE AND REPRODUCTION POWDER FLASKS AND RELATED SPORTING ITEMS.
THREE VICTORIAN ARMS AND ARMOUR DECORATIVE ITEMS.