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EX SMALL ARMS SCHOOL CORPS WEAPONS COLLECTION
DEANE ADAMS & DEAN, LONDON
A SCARCE CASED 38-BORE PERCUSSION FIVE-SHOT DOUBLE-ACTION REVOLVER, MODEL '1851', serial no. 419, ref. no. 392,
circa 1851, with octagonal 7 3/4in. barrel, the top-flat and strap signed 'DEANE ADAMS & DEANE (MAKERS TO HRH PRINCE ALBERT), 30 KING WILLIAM ST, LONDON BRIDGE', dove-tailed blade fore-sight, standing notch rear-sight to the back of top-strap, scroll engraving to the breech throat, plain cylinder (brushed bright), solid border and scroll engraved frame with spur-less hammer, finely chequered one-piece walnut grip with swollen pommel, iron butt-cap with engraved central cap-box and scroll engraved trigger-guard bow, the barrel and frame retaining virtually all its original blued finish with some pitting at muzzle, retaining its Small Arms School Corps weapon collection identification disc, TOGETHER WITH its original manufacturers oak storage case (lid and hinges missing), compartmented and lined in green baize, and containing an original brass Adam's patent bullet mould for a 54-bore revolver, a cleaning rod, oil bottle and powder flask
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Estimate £1,500-2,000