Fine Modern & Antique Guns - March 2018 : Sale A0318 Lot 556
PARSONS, LONDON A 16-BORE PERCUSSION HEAVY OVER-COAT or MANSTOPPER PISTOL, no visible serial number,

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PARSONS, LONDON
A 16-BORE PERCUSSION HEAVY OVER-COAT or MANSTOPPER PISTOL, no visible serial number,
circa 1855, with substantial 5in. octagonal barrel, the top-flat signed 'LONDON', bead fore-sight, engraved band and carved snail at breech, acanthus scroll engraved top-tang, borderline and scroll engraved curved back-action lock signed 'PARSONS' (hammer retaining screw head absent, hammer spur broken off), walnut full-stock with chequered bag-shaped butt, clipped corner rectangular white-metal escutcheon at wrist, guarded trigger and horn-tipped wooden ramrod

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Estimate £200-300