ENGLISH DOUBLE BARELLED PINFIRE PISTOL, J PURDEY, LONDON
MID 19TH CENTURY
Auction: Day Two | Thurs 4th Sept at 10am | Lots 403 to 727
Description
with browned damascus steel tip-down barrels secured in the closed position by an underlever with chequered terminal, the top flat signed ‘J. Purdey London’ and double stamped with Birmingham proof marks, the foliate engraved action stamped ‘I W’, dolphin hammers, engraved trigger guard, the walnut butt with chequered grip, vacant silver oval escutcheon and an engraved rounded oval steel butt-plate
Dimensions
23cm wide, 10cm high
Footnote
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament