Main Sale - December 2012 : Sale A1068 Lot 552
WITTON & DAW, LONDON A 50-BORE PERCUSSION FIVE-SHOT DOUBLE-ACTION REVOLVER, MODEL DAWS PATENT, patent use no. 444,
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WITTON & DAW, LONDON
A 50-BORE PERCUSSION FIVE-SHOT DOUBLE-ACTION REVOLVER, MODEL 'DAW'S PATENT', patent use no. 444,
circa 1850, with octagonal 6in. barrel, the top-flat signed 'WITTON & DAW, 57 THREADNEEDLE ST, LONDON, dove-tailed fore-sight, standing rear-sight notch on the recoil shield, plain cylinder, border and scroll engraved open frame, sliding safe to the right hand side (thumb-piece missing), one-piece chequered walnut grip with rectangular white-metal escutcheon to wrist, iron butt-cap with cap-box, compound linkage under-barrel rammer and traces of original finish in sheltered areas
Estimate £300-500