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A Cased Pair Of Scottish 50-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols
By Alex.r Martin, Glasgow, Mid-19th Century

8 – 17 December 2025, 10:00 GMT
Online, Edinburgh

£2,500 - £3,500

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A Cased Pair Of Scottish 50-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols

By Alex.r Martin, Glasgow, Mid-19th Century With rebrowned twist octagonal sighted barrels each signed in capitals along the top flat, foliate engraved case-hardened breeches, border engraved case-hardened tangs and decorated with foliate scrollwork, border engraved case-hardened locks each signed in capitals and decorated with scrolling foliage, dolphin hammers and safety-catches engraved en suite, figured half-stocks each with steel fore-end cap and chequered butt, steel spur trigger-guards retaining original blueing and each decorated with foliate scrollwork on the pineapple-shaped finial, white-metal escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, in original brass-mounted oak case fitted and lined in green velvet with some accessories including 'Sykes patent' brass-mounted powder-flask, steel bullet mould, steel nipple wrench, and various other accessories, Birmingham proof marks
22 cm. barrels

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This lot contains ivory and has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (Section 10), Ref AGE8YKLY

Please be aware that this lot contains material which may be subject to import/export restrictions, especially outside the EU, due to CITES regulations. Please note it is the buyer's sole responsibility to obtain any relevant export or import licence. For more information visit http://www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites/


Alexander Martin is recorded at various addresses in Glasgow between 1835 and 1903

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