Product Details
ALEXR. THOMSON & SON
A .500 (3IN.) BLACK POWDER EXPRESS ROTARY-UNDERLEVER DOUBLE HAMMER RIFLE, serial no. 1329,
28in. black powder only bold damascus barrels, raised matt rib with open sights, the tubes engraved 'ALEXR. THOMSON & SONS. 95 PRINCES ST. EDINBURGH', Jones patent rotary underlever, carved percussion fences, non-rebounding island locks with bolted carved dolphin hammers, fine acanthus scroll engraving, the lockplates with 'ALEXR. THOMSON & SONS' in scrolling banners, retaining slight traces of original colour-hardening, 14 1/8in. highly-figured pistolgrip stock with sling eyes, steel pistolgrip-cap and buttplate, weight 9lb. 2oz.
Provenance: The Princes Street address on the barrels place the rifle as having been made between 1869 and 1875
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Estimate £2,000-3,000
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament