Product Details
A RARE 48-BORE PILL-LOCK PISTOL IN THE DUELLING STYLE BY CHARLES MOORE, serial no. 1259,
probably built to Westley Richards patent 4611 of 1821, circa 1826, with browned twist octagonal 10in. barrel, white metal fore-sight, colour hardened breech with platinum line and two engraved bands and inlet with a platinum poincon marked 'C. MOORE, LONDON PATENT', the top-flat of barrel marked '77 ST JAMES'S STREET, LONDON' (number obscured), engraved top-tang with standing notch rear-sight, vented platinum plug (pill-holder broken off), engraved colour hardened lock and fitted with bolt safety-catches, engraved sprung pill retainer released by a spur on the base of the hammer and with roller-spring, engraved hammer with replaceable striker nose and with a blued spring retaining the striker, walnut half-stock with finely chequered bag-shaped grip, numbered trigger-guard with finger-spur and pineapple finials, moulded ramrod-pipes, mahogany brass mounted ramrod, escutcheon to wrist engraved with an arm above a wreath, the hand clasping a broken lance, strong traces of finish to action and furniture
Provenance: Charles Moore traded at 77 St James's Street between 1825-42 and specialised in selling pistols made under Westley Richards patents. Another pair of pistols built on the same system by Moore are preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Acc. No. 19.53.108).
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Estimate £1,200-1,600