Product Details
AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE 5mm PINFIRE REVOLVER MECHANISM CONCEALED WITHIN A PURSE, MODEL 'FRANKENAU'S PATENT', serial no. 615,
circa 1865, the leather sided nickel-plated framed purse signed 'FRANKENAU'S PATENT' and measuring approximately 4 1/4in. x 2 1/2in. x 1 1/4in. deep, one side opening on a button revealing a conventional purse with four leather bellow compartments (torn with losses), the opposite side opening with a hinged catch and revealing a five shot double action only revolver mechanism with load-gate (indexing at fault), folding concealed trigger to the lower frame of purse which when operated opens a sprung aperture for the barrel, the inner lid of the revolver compartment with spring clip for an ejector rod (absent), leather surfaces worn, plating and bright surfaces excellent
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Estimate £1,000-2,000
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament