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TIPPING & LAWDEN, BIRMINGHAM
A CASED .30 RIMFIRE FOUR-SHOT DERRINGER, MODEL 'SHARP'S PATENT', serial no. 1888,
circa 1870, with blued 3in. barrel-group, plain brass frame signed 'TIPPING & LAWDEN SHARP'S PATENT' in a circle around the hammer axis screw on the left hand side, centrally mounted blued hammer with rotary auto-indexing nose, smooth walnut grips and long bar push button opener, retaining much apparently original blued finish; together with an English market case with burr walnut veneered lid, compartmented and lined in blue baize, reproduction retailers label inside lid and containing a lidded compartment for ammunition (lock escutcheon missing)
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Estimate £400-600
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament