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An Extremely Rare And Unusual 16-Bore Flintlock And Percussion Rifled Saw-Handled PistolSigned Lacy & Co. Patent, No. 101, Circa 1830
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An Extremely Rare And Unusual 16-Bore Flintlock And Percussion Rifled Saw-Handled Pistol
Signed Lacy & Co. Patent, No. 101, Circa 1830
Signed Lacy & Co. Patent, No. 101, Circa 1830
20.5 cm. barrel
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Provenance
Possibly the Nizam of Hyderabad
J.G. Lacy & D.W. Witton were also known as Lacy & Co.. They are recorded at various addresses in the city of London between 1815 and 1835
The lock appears to be based on Samson Davis's British Patent No. 4648 of 12 February 1822. See Lewis Winant, Early Percussion Firearms..., 1959, pp.54 and 81-84, pl.70
For a fine d.b. gun on the same principle, by the same maker and formerly belonging to the Duke of Cambridge, Viceroy of Hanover see Christie's London, Fine Modern Sporting Guns, Vintage Firearms and Antique Arms and Armour, 13 July 1977 lot 267. See also a related d.b. gun sold in these Rooms, 23 May 2018, lot 423








