Name: Auction: ENGLISH DOUBLE BARRELLED PINFIRE PISTOL, J PURDEY, LONDON MID 19TH CENTURY
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 800 GBP
Availability: InStock

Day One | Wed 12th Nov at 10am | Lots 1 to 338

Day Two | Thurs 13th Nov at 10am | Lots 339 to 600

We are pleased to present the November 2025 edition of Five Centuries, held at our historic saleroom in Edinburgh and online.Spanning the decorative arts from the 16th to the 20th century, this carefully curated sale offers a rich and varied selection of traditional British and European furniture, paintings, clocks, ceramics, sculpture and works of art.&nbsp;This edition features property from notable private collections, including Property of a Knightsbridge Residence; Select Pieces Previously at Kinross House; Property of a Belgravia Residence; Property from Westness House, Orkney; Property from the Ursula &amp; Gordon Bowyer Collection; a collection of paintings by Austrian artists; and a collection of early bronzes from The Bernard Kelly Collection.Buyer's Guide:

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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

ENGLISH DOUBLE BARRELLED PINFIRE PISTOL, J PURDEY, LONDON

MID 19TH CENTURY

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