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A Rare Cased Pair Of Irish 100-Bore Percussion All-Steel Box-Lock Pocket PistolsBy W. & J. Rigby, 24 Suffolk Street, Dublin, Circa 1835
23 September 2020, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £6,937.50 inc. premium
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A Rare Cased Pair Of Irish 100-Bore Percussion All-Steel Box-Lock Pocket Pistols
By W. & J. Rigby, 24 Suffolk Street, Dublin, Circa 1835
By W. & J. Rigby, 24 Suffolk Street, Dublin, Circa 1835
With turn-off barrels each stamped respectively with Irish registration number 'WB 135'and 'WB 136' for Waterford Borough, and numbered '1' and '2' respectively on the barrel-lug, one-piece actions and butts each signed in gothic script on the left side and decorated with characteristic foliate engraving, the top of the actions with a starburst forward of a notched back-sight, foliate engraved hammers acting on three bents, and folding triggers, the butts each pierced to form a barrel-key: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories including brass-mounted three-way powder-flask and turnscrew, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label, the exterior with a slender parquetry border
4.3 cm. barrels
4.3 cm. barrels
Footnotes
Provenance
Phillips, Son & Neale, London, Arms And Armour..., 25 February 1988, lot 184
W. Keith Neal Collection
Christie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 25 October 2001, lot 157
Literature
D.H.L. Back, Great Irish Gunmaker's, Messrs Rigby 1760-1869, 1992, p. 75, pl. 25








