Main Sale - September 2012 : Sale A1066 Lot 1036 - S5
THOMAS BLAND & SONS, LONDON A 20-BORE (3IN.) DOUBLE-BARRELLED TOP-LEVER HOWDAH SHOT-PISTOL, serial no. 14850,
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THOMAS BLAND & SONS, LONDON
A 20-BORE (3IN.) DOUBLE-BARRELLED TOP-LEVER HOWDAH SHOT-PISTOL, serial no. 14850,
with smoothbore 9 1/2in. barrels, plain top-rib signed 'THOMAS BLAND & SONS, 430 WEST STRAND LONDON', nickel crescent fore-sight on shallow ramp, dove-tailed notch rear-sight, border-engraved re-blacked bar-action locks signed 'T. BLAND & SONS', sliding safe to the top-strap, chequered walnut saw-gripped butt (cracked and expertly repaired), iron butt-cap with lanyard ring, single non-selective trigger and chequered splinter fore-end attached by a screw
Estimate £1,000-1,500
S5