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A Cased Irish 31-Bore Percussion Rifled Over-And-Under Single-Trigger PistolBy Trulock & Son, 9 Dawson St., Dublin, Circa 1840
23 September 2020, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £6,062.50 inc. premium
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A Cased Irish 31-Bore Percussion Rifled Over-And-Under Single-Trigger Pistol
By Trulock & Son, 9 Dawson St., Dublin, Circa 1840
By Trulock & Son, 9 Dawson St., Dublin, Circa 1840
With etched twist octagonal sighted barrels each rifled with fifteen grooves, the top barrel engraved with the address within an unetched panel, foliate engraved case-hardened breech-block with pierced platinum plugs, signed border engraved case-hardened back-action locks each decorated with foliate scrollwork and with blued safety-catch, dolphin hammers decorated en suite (the right one a working replacement), chequered figured rounded butt, blued border engraved steel mounts decorated with foliate scrollwork and comprising shaped butt-cap and trigger-guard, and retaining much of its original finish: in later lined and fitted oak case with some accessories including brass-mounted Sykes powder-flask (cut-off spring incomplete) retaining some of its original finish, the exterior of the lid with circular vacant brass escutcheon
10.3 cm. barrels
10.3 cm. barrels
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W. Keith Neal Collection
Christie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 25 October 2001, lot 161








