Main Sale - December 2010 : Sale A1048 Lot 1007 - S5
THOMAS BLAND, LONDON A SCARCE .476 (CF) SIX-SHOT DOUBLE-ACTION SERVICE REVOLVER, MODEL BLANDS SELF-EXTRACTING, serial no. 1731,

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THOMAS BLAND, LONDON
A SCARCE .476 (CF) SIX-SHOT DOUBLE-ACTION SERVICE REVOLVER, MODEL 'BLANDS SELF-EXTRACTING', serial no. 1731,

circa 1880, with 5 1/2in. blued octagonal barrel with sighting rib signed 'THOMAS BLAND & SONS 430 WEST STRAND LONDON', half-moon fore-sight and notch rear-sight, 'bumble-bee' trade mark in a diamond to the left-hand side of barrel, large thumb-wheel cylinder release, hinged blued frame, the hinge end signed 'BLANDS SELF-EXTRACTING ARMY REVOLVER 476 GAUGE', blued fluted cylinder, lift-up style barrel release, one-piece walnut chequered grips with horn butt-cap and lanyard ring, the whole retaining a good amount of original finish
Estimate £400-600

S5