Product Details
HAWES & CO, LONDON
A FINE 50-BORE FIVE-SHOT DOUBLE-ACTION PERCUSSION REVOLVER, MODEL ADAM'S PATENT, serial no. B19649
circa 1855, with blued 5 1/2in octagonal barrel with colour hardened blade front sight, top-strap signed 'HAWES & CO 14 PICCADILLY, LONDON' hinged side rammer, blued line bordered frame marked 'ADAM'S PATENT No 35398R' beneath the serial number and the makers mark of a crown over 'LAC' within a shield, unfluted cylinder with patent number, external bolted safety, one-piece finely chequered walnut grip and steel butt-cap, numbered '7891 WF' inside the trigger guard, the whole retaining nearly all its original finish, London proofs
Estimate £1,400-1,800