Main Sale - June 2010 : Sale A1042 Lot 503
EAST INDIA COMPANY A SCARCE .750 2ND PATTERN VICTORIA PERCUSSION CARBINE,
Product Details
EAST INDIA COMPANY
A SCARCE .750 2ND PATTERN 'VICTORIA' PERCUSSION CARBINE,
circa 1845, with 26in round, sighted barrel, London proofs and a farsi inscription at breech-end, flat border-lined regulation lock engraved with a rampant gardant lion, heavy regulation full-stock (numerous old inlet repairs), brass furniture, captive steel swivel ramrod, (iron surfaces darkly patinated).
Estimate £600-900
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.