Main Sale - March 2011 : Sale A1052 Lot 1003 - S5
J. LANG & SONS, LONDON, A CASED .380 (SHORT) NICKEL-PLATED AND ENGRAVED SIX-SHOT DOUBLE-ACTION REVOLVER, MODEL WEBLEYS PATENT, se...

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J. LANG & SONS, LONDON,
A CASED .380 (SHORT) NICKEL-PLATED AND ENGRAVED SIX-SHOT DOUBLE-ACTION REVOLVER, MODEL 'WEBLEY'S PATENT', serial no. 3497,
circa 1880, with 3 1/2in. ovoid barrel, crescent fore-sight, engraved foliate band to the muzzle, scroll engraved near breech, grooved, border and scroll engraved top-strap signed 'J. LANG & SONS, COCKSPUR ST. LONDON', plain cylinder with border-lined front edge, panels of scroll engraving and ratchet notches to the rear, scroll and border-lined frame together with 'WEBLEY'S PATENT' and the 'winged bullet' logo, chequered walnut grips with scroll-engraved back-strap and butt-cap, scroll engraved trigger-guard, extractor rod concealed within cylinder arbor, the whole remaining in good condition with only minor flaking on grip-straps, TOGETHER WITH its original English market oak case lined with green baize, 'Joseph Lang' trade label to the lid and containing an oil bottle and two cleaning rods
Estimate £600-900

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