Product Details
W. TRANTER, BIRMINGHAM
A FINE CASED 54-BORE PERCUSSION TRIGGER-COCKING REVOLVER, MODEL 'TRANTER'S PATENT DOUBLE TRIGGER', serial no. 13617T,
circa 1855, with blued octagonal 6in. barrel engraved with scrolls at the muzzle and scrolls and shells around the barrel throat, dove-tailed pillar and bead fore-sight, standing notch rear-sight to top of standing breech, the border and scroll engraved top-strap signed 'W. TRANTER PATENTEE', colour hardened borderline and scroll engraved five-shot cylinder, fully scroll engraved blued solid frame with contrasting royal blue screws and springs, polished spurless hammer and patent trigger, swept chequered walnut saw-handled grip with engraved and colour hardened domed butt-cap, polished Tranter's Patent articulated rammer with borderline and scroll engraving and engraved mounting screw, the whole retaining the majority of its original finish, polish and colour (losses mostly to barrel-flats from case storage) and complete with its maker's original walnut storage case lined and compartmented in dark blue baize and containing a Tranter's Patent double cavity mould, a loading rod, nipple-key, powder flask, bullets and caps, wads and an oil bottle, all also in fine condition.
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Estimate £3,000-5,000