Fine Modern & Antique Arms - July 2023 : Sale A0723 Lot 897
A CASED .380 (RIMFIRE) TRANTERS PATENT REVOLVER RETAILED BY J. BLANCH, LONDON, serial no. 7232,

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A CASED .380 (RIMFIRE) TRANTER'S PATENT REVOLVER RETAILED BY J. BLANCH, LONDON, serial no. 7232,
circa 1870, with blued octagonal 5in. barrel, the top-flat signed 'J. BLANCH & SON, GRACECHURCH ST. LONDON', crescent fore-sight, sighting groove to the top-strap, plain colour-hardened five-shot cylinder, blued frame marked 'TRANTER'S PATENT' on the left side of barrel-throat, swept chequered walnut semi-sawhandled grip and ejector rod screwed into heel, strong amount of finish and colour remaining and in an English market mahogany case, relined and compartmented in green baize, possible original parchment label re-attached inside lid and with storage tray for ammunition



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Estimate £600-800

Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament