Main Sale - March 2011 : Sale A1052 Lot 553
A 13-BORE CONTINENTAL PERCUSSION SINGLE-SHOT PISTOL, UNSIGNED,
Product Details
A 13-BORE CONTINENTAL PERCUSSION SINGLE-SHOT PISTOL, UNSIGNED,
circa 1860, with round twist steel 8in. barrel, bead style fore-sight, deeply scroll and leaf engraved tang, curved back-action lock with deep scroll and leaf engraving, hammer en-suite with lock, varnished walnut half-stock, chequered grip with flared butt, faceted iron grip-cap with turned finial, spurred trigger-guard engraved as lock, relief carving to forend tip, provision for rammer (missing), white-metal escutcheons to take-down wedge (iron surfaces stained, losses and scratches to varnished finish)
Estimate £150-250