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AN EXTREMELY RARE 7mm PINFIRE JARRE'S PATENT TEN-SHOT 'HARMONICA' PISTOL, serial no. 49,
circa 1855, with octagonal to round 2 3/4in. unsighted barrel, the top of the round section signed in script 'JARRE BREVETE PARIS', the flats of the octagonal section with florally engraved panels, squared action with dot and checker engraving to both sides, central shaped aperture for the horizontally sliding magazine, carved and moulded top and bottom straps with floral engraving, ring trigger with central hammer and automatic indexing for the magazine, swept smooth walnut grips and engraved iron grip-straps and pommel-cap, the magazine itself indexing from right to left and with lift-up plate retaining the cartridges via their pins
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Estimate £2,500-3,500
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament