Main Sale - March 2011 : Sale A1052 Lot 552
W. TRANTER, A 54-BORE PERCUSSION FIVE-SHOT TRIGGER-COCKING REVOLVER SIGNED W. JEFFERY, PLYMOUTH, serial no. 2806T,
Product Details
W. TRANTER,
A 54-BORE PERCUSSION FIVE-SHOT TRIGGER-COCKING REVOLVER SIGNED W. JEFFERY, PLYMOUTH, serial no. 2806T,
circa 1855, 6in. octagonal, sighted barrel with engraved muzzle and breech-end, top-flat signed 'WM JEFFERY, UNION ROAD, PLYMOUTH', plain cylinder with reeded band, border-lined frame, scroll engraving around hammer screw, external 'safety' Y-shaped spring, no hammer spur, chequered walnut one-piece grip with butt-cap, trigger guard with external secondary cocking trigger, type two rammer to left hand side of barrel, good traces of original colour throughout.
Estimate £500-700