Main Sale - December 2012 : Sale A1068 Lot 558
A 20-BORE PERCUSSION OVERCOAT PISTOL SIGNED PORTLOCK, LONDON, no visible serial number,
Product Details
A 20-BORE PERCUSSION OVERCOAT PISTOL SIGNED 'PORTLOCK, LONDON', no visible serial number,
circa 1855, with twist-steel octagonal 5in. barrel, the top-flat signed 'LONDON' in script, bead fore-sight, scroll-engraved breech block with twin lines, scroll engraved top tang with standing rear-sight notch, curved back-action scroll-engraved lock signed 'PORTLOCK', walnut full-stock with chequered bag-shaped butt (cracked through below lock and side-nail), engraved iron trigger-guard and replacement wooden ramrod
Estimate £100-150