Product Details
A FINE CASED 120 BORE DELUXE EXTRA ENGRAVED BEAUMONT ADAMS DOUBLE ACTION PERCUSSION REVOLVER, CIRCA 1860, serial no. 27,227R,
with 4 1/4in. octagonal sighted barrel, engraved band at muzzle, engraved lined borders to barrel flats, and foliate scroll engraving to barrel throat, the top flat signed 'ROBERT ADAMS, 76 KING WILLIAM STREET LONDON' within engraved line borders, profusely scroll engraved frame with lined borders, the right-side engraved in a scrolling banner 'B 11,564 ADAMS PATENT NO 27,227R', the licencing numbers for both the Beaumont and Adams patents, with sliding bolt safety behind the trigger, five shot cylinder with border line engraving around the nipple wells and ribbon band engraving to the front edge, the cylinder centre with panels of foliate decoration, the left-side of the revolver fitted with a Kerr's patent rammer, contained in its associated relined green baize and partitioned oak case, the lid with a replacement Robert Adams, 76 King William St. trade-label, accessories include its double cavity mould, small near mint Dixon flask, cleaning rod, oil bottle and tin of caps, the revolver has a high percentage original deep charcoal blue finish
Provenance: The address of 76 King William St. was used by Robert Adams from 1859 when he left the London Armoury Co. and set up on his own. These extra engraved revolvers are exceptionally scarce, the vendors states this revolver was once in the famed Harrod collection.
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Estimate £2,000-3,000