Product Details
GEORGE GIBBS, BRISTOL
A GOOD CASED 120-BORE OVERCOAT PERCUSSION REVOLVER, MODEL 'WEBLEY WEDGE-FRAME TYPE', no visible serial number,
circa 1855, with blued octagonal 3 7/8in. barrel, polished and radiused muzzle with engraved borderlines, small dove-tailed fore-sight, the top-strap signed 'GEORGE GIBBS, 29 CORN ST. BRISTOL', sighting notch to the top of standing breech, plain colour hardened five-shot cylinder with borderlines engraved to the leading edge, borderline engraved blued frame, blued external safety spring, spurless hammer, chequered walnut grip and iron grip-straps, heel-cap and trigger guard bow and equipped with a polished articulated rammer on the left side of barrel, the whole retaining much finish and colour together with its oak storage case with ten screw lid, the inside lined and compartmented in blue baize, parchment Gibbs label inside lid and containing a Bartram bag-shaped flask, a turn-screw and nipple key, a brass double cavity mould marked '120', two period Eley cap tins and an oil bottle, all also remaining in fine condition
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Estimate £1,000-1,500