Main Sale - September 2010 : Sale A1045 Lot 1
A SCARCE .32/.44 CALIBRE CRANKED-STOCK MUZZLE LOADING AIR CANE, no visible serial number
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A SCARCE .32/.44 CALIBRE 'CRANKED-STOCK' MUZZLE LOADING AIR CANE, no visible serial number
circa 1890, with 18 1/2in. .32 calibre removable rifled barrel insert inside the .44 calibre smoothbore 'shot' barrel, brass muzzle-cap with attached ramrod, 'cranked' air cylinder with iron handle, the whole re-painted in brown enamel, TOGETHER WITH its original laminated steel pump signed 'ROBT JONES, 60 DALE ST LIVERPOOL', a home-made cocking key, a period brass scissors gang-mould for eight balls numbered '150' and some lead balls from same
Estimate £300-400