Sealed Bid Sale - March 2012 : Sale S1063 Lot 2040
A .600 PERCUSSION SERVICE PISTOL SIGNED TOWER, MODEL SEA-SERVICE
Product Details
* A .600 PERCUSSION SERVICE PISTOL SIGNED TOWER, MODEL 'SEA-SERVICE' circa 1780, but converted to percussion by drum and nipple, with 12in. iron barrel, tower proofs, wood with carved border around the tang, flat lock signed 'TOWER' on the tail with 'GR' and crown cypher forwards of the hammer, walnut full-stock (fore-end incomplete), heavy brass furniture (belt-hook missing from the side-plate), missing ramrod, the whole in distressed condition, action at fault
Estimate £400-600