Main Sale - June 2010 : Sale A1042 Lot 556
A 140-BORE PERCUSSION KNIFE PISTOL,

Product Details

A 140-BORE PERCUSSION KNIFE PISTOL,
unsigned, but probably by Unwin & Rogers, Sheffield, mid 19th century, with 3 1/2in white metal sighted barrel with Birmingham proofs, iron frame with brass bolsters, the large knife blade missing, the smaller broken approximately half way along, concealed trigger, horn scales, retaining its original white metal ball mould and iron tweezers, white metal butt-trap (some corrosion to exposed iron parts).
Estimate £200-300

THE ABOVE LOT IS PURCHASED AS AN EXEMPT ITEM UNDER SECTION 58 (2) OF THE 1968 FIREARMS ACT. TO BE HELD AS A CURIOSITY OR ORNAMENT.