Product Details
A CASED 80 BORE DAW DOUBLE-ACTION PERCUSSION REVOLVER, CIRCA 1860, serial no 1108,
with 5in. ovate sighted barrel, the top flat inscribed 'GEORGE H. DAW, 57 THREADNEEDLE ST. LONDON, PATENT NO 1108'. fitted with underlever rammer of unique and attractive design, open top borderline engraved frame marked 'PATENT NO 1108', five shot London proofed cylinder, the hammer with flash shield (a unique feature of these rare Daw revolvers) with domed butt-cap fitted with lanyard ring, the revolver is contained in its original green baize lined and partitioned oak case, accessories include mould, flask (damaged and split) cleaning rod, turnscrew, and oil bottle
Provenance: The Daw revolver is one of the rarer of the successful British percussion revolver designs/ The patentees were Charles Pryse and Paul Cashmore, manufacture being carried out by the Birmingham firm of Pryse & Redman. George Daw bought the sole rights around 1858 and the revolver became known as the Daw revolver. It was a practical and reliable weapon and well thought of by experts of the day. The famous Times correspondent W. H. Russell wrote in glowing terms about its merits and is believed to have owned one, as did the great Italian patriot Garibaldi, presented to him by Daw in 1864.
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Estimate £800-1,200