Fine Modern & Antique Guns - December 2014 : Sale A1214 Lot 573
A 16-BORE PERCUSSION SINGLE-SHOT MANSTOPPER PISTOL SIGNED 'NOCK', no visible serial number,

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A 16-BORE PERCUSSION SINGLE-SHOT MANSTOPPER PISTOL SIGNED 'NOCK', no visible serial number,
circa 1845, with octagonal 4in. barrel, the top-flat signed 'NOCK', engraved band at muzzle, silver bead fore-sight and iron standing notch rear-sight, scroll engraving to breech-end, carved percussion fences, Birmingham proofs, squared boxlock side-hammer action with scroll engraving and radiused corners, scroll engraved top-strap, scroll engraved dolphin headed hammer, finely chequered walnut butt with swollen capped pommel, the centre of the iron cap with engraved trap-door, nickel-silver oval escutcheon to wrist, engraved trigger-guard bow and captive iron stirrup under-barrel ramrod, iron surfaces darkly stained

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Estimate £300-500