Main Sale - June 2010 : Sale A1042 Lot 558
A 50-BORE BOXLOCK PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOL WITH SPRUNG BAYONET SIGNED E. WHITFIELD & SONS,
Product Details
A 50-BORE BOXLOCK PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOL WITH SPRUNG BAYONET SIGNED E. WHITFIELD & SONS,
circa 1840, with round 3 1/4in barrel and attached triangular form sprung bayonet, center hammer, action side-panels engraved with scrolls and borders, makers name to l/h side, tang safety, walnut slab-sided grip with silver oval, blued steel sliding trigger guard releasing bayonet, Birmingham proofs, (the whole retaining much original finish and colour).
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.