July 2022 Sealed Bid Auction : Sale S0722 Lot 2122
A CASED .32 (SHORT RIMFIRE) FOUR-SHOT POCKET-PISTOL SIGNED SHARPS & HANKINS, MODEL 3D, serial no. 6294,

Product Details

A CASED .32 (SHORT RIMFIRE) FOUR-SHOT POCKET-PISTOL SIGNED SHARPS & HANKINS, MODEL '3D', serial no. 6294, circa 1875, with slide forwards 3 1/2in. barrel group, the sunken top-plane signed 'ADDRESS SHARPS & HANKINS, PHILADELPHIA, PENN', central mounted extractor, open frame with button barrel release catch on the left hand side, no forward frame screw, external flat faces hammer, the rotating frame mounted firing pin removed and absent, spur trigger and chequered gutta-percha grips, in a possibly associated black velvet lined and compartmented walnut case, a clipped corner brass escutcheon to lid amateurly engraved 'A.G. HOSSACK'



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Estimate £300-500

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