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A Rare .577 Percussion 1858 Pattern Rifled Service Pistol With Detachable Shoulder-StockDated 1859
24 November 2021, 10:30 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £3,187.50 inc. premium
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A Rare .577 Percussion 1858 Pattern Rifled Service Pistol With Detachable Shoulder-Stock
Dated 1859
Dated 1859
With leaf-sighted barrel rifled with four grooves, plain tang, dated border engraved flat lock engraved 'Tower' and with 'VR' crowned on the tail, figured full stock stamped with supplier's name 'Moxham' on the side flat, rounded butt pierced for the shoulder-stock and indistinctly stamped with inspector's marks, and regulation brass mounts, the shoulder-stock (lanyard ring missing) with border engraved steel attachment mount with spring catch, and with brass butt-plate, and stirrup ramrod (some wear and light rust patination overall) Ordnance proof marks (2)
25.4cm. barrel
25.4cm. barrel
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Provenance
The Daniel Williams Collection of Antique Firearms & Edged Weapons, sold in these Rooms 28 November 2018, lot 71
One of an order of 1,379 for yeomanry units. See Robert Brooker, British Military Pistols..., 2016, pp. 245 and 246, fig. 55








