Main Sale - December 2012 : Sale A1068 Lot 579
A PAIR OF 40-BORE PERCUSSION TURN-OFF BOXLOCK POCKET-PISTOLS, UNSIGNED, no visible serial numbers,

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A PAIR OF 40-BORE PERCUSSION TURN-OFF BOXLOCK POCKET-PISTOLS, UNSIGNED, no visible serial numbers,
circa 1840, with 1 5/8in. round barrels, scroll-engraved squared actions with central hammers, swept slab-sided walnut butts with chequered backs, oval silver escutcheons to the base engraved 'W.G. SUTTON' and concealed automatic triggers (exposed metal surfaces 'in the white')
Estimate £300-500