Fine Modern & Antique Guns - December 2013 : Sale A121213 Lot 975
COLT, USA AN UNUSUAL BOOK CASED .41 (RIM) SINGLE-SHOT VEST-PISTOL, MODEL No3 DERRINGER THUERS PATENT serial no. 5938,

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* COLT, USA
AN UNUSUAL 'BOOK' CASED .41 (RIM) SINGLE-SHOT VEST-PISTOL, MODEL 'No3 DERRINGER THUER'S PATENT' serial no. 5938,
circa 1890, with blued 2 1/2in. barrel, the top signed 'COLT', applied nickel crescent fore-sight, nickel-plated frame, smooth rose-wood birdshead grips, blued central hammer and sheath trigger, the whole retaining virtually all its original factory finish TOGETHER WITH a pale green leather-bound wood storage case in imitation of a book and titled 'LITTLE WONDER', compartmented in the continental style and lined in gold-coloured velvet to accommodate the pistol only

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Estimate £700-900