Product Details
A CASED 54 BORE ADAMS PATENT MODEL 1851 SELF COCKING PERCUSSION REVOLVER SIGNED REILLY, CIRCA 1852, serial no. 20,201Y,
with 6 1/2in. octagonal london proofed barrel with dovetailed pillar front-sight and fixed vee notch rear-sight, the top flat signed with retailers name 'REILLY NEW OXFORD STREET, LONDON', borderline and foliate engraved frame, engraved on the right 'ADAMS PATENT NO "20,201Y' indicating manufacture under licence by William Tranter and quite early, on the left-side of the fame is the 'ADAM'S 1851 PATENT' in a roundel, five shot cylinder and one piece chequered walnut grips with stepped oval foliate engraved butt-cap, contained in its original and correct blue baize lined and partitioned oak case, escutcheon missing, inside the lid is a good and correct Reilly trade label, accessories include a correct Adams double cavity mould stamped with retailers name 'REILLY OXFORD ST. LONDON', flask, cleaning rod, nipple key, missing the pricker, wad punch and some cap tins, the revolver is dirty with some rusting but has a lot of original charcoal blue, the case quite good
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Estimate £1,200-1,600