Main Sale - March 2012 : Sale A1062 Lot 552
J. BEATTIE, LONDON A SCARCE 40-BORE PERCUSSION FOUR-BARRELLED TURN-OVER TRAVELLING PISTOL,
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J. BEATTIE, LONDON
A SCARCE 40-BORE PERCUSSION FOUR-BARRELLED TURN-OVER TRAVELLING PISTOL,
circa 1840, with 4 1/2in. hand-rotated square barrel cluster, over and under bead fore-sights, ball-detent indexing, border and scroll engraved slightly rounded boxlock action with scroll engraved side-hammers, the top-plate signed 'J. BEATTIE, REGENT ST. LONDON', chequered walnut pistol-grip butt with swollen gadrooned pommel inlaid with a central rectangular escutcheon, further rectangular escutcheon to wrist and scroll engraved trigger-guard bow (iron surfaces heavily cleaned with some loss to detail)
Estimate £800-1,200