Main Sale - March 2012 : Sale A1062 Lot 613
WESTLEY RICHARDS, LONDON A RARE .177 BARREL-COCKING AIR PISTOL, MODEL HIGHEST POSSIBLE, serial no. 186,
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WESTLEY RICHARDS, LONDON
A RARE .177 BARREL-COCKING AIR PISTOL, MODEL 'HIGHEST POSSIBLE', serial no. 186,
first pattern circa 1910, with 9in. sighted rifled barrel, the air chamber stamped 'WESTLEY RICHARDS HIGHEST POSSIBLE AIR PISTOL' left hand side of frame marked 'WESTLEY RICHARDS & CO, LONDON W.' and 'PATENT 24837 1907', with 'heart' shaped cut-out to top of grip-straps, smooth horn grips with Westley Richards trade-mark, (metal-work darkly patinated).
Provenance: previously sold in these rooms, sale A1048, Lot 6
Estimate £400-600