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Auction archive: Lot number 233

A fine cased pair of .46 calibre percussion target pistols by Charles Moore

Estimate
£5,000 - £6,000
ca. US$6,168 - US$7,401
Price realised:
£5,000
ca. US$6,168
Auction archive: Lot number 233

A fine cased pair of .46 calibre percussion target pistols by Charles Moore

Estimate
£5,000 - £6,000
ca. US$6,168 - US$7,401
Price realised:
£5,000
ca. US$6,168
Beschreibung:

A fine cased pair of .46 calibre percussion target pistols by Charles Moore twist browned octagonal rifled barrels 9.75 in., top flats engraved '77 St James Street LONDON', border engraved break-off breeches with 'C. MOORE LONDON PATENT' to platinum poincons and each with a platinum band, border and scroll engraved lock plates signed 'C. MOORE. LONDON', acanthus engraved hammers, locks with safety bars and detentes to the tumblers, walnut half stocks with horn fore end caps, impressed mark 'EA' to the barrel channels, engraved steel trigger guards with pineapple finials and finger rests, vacant gold escutcheons, chequered butts, horn tipped ramrods - one with steel worm under screw-off brass cover, matching serial number 1320 repeated on the barrels, breeches, trigger guards, inside the locks, and in the barrel channels, green baize lined oak case with label for James Woodward and Sons 'Successors to Charles Moore', with combined bullet, powder and cap flask, bullet mould, turnscrew and pricker set, and rammer. Charles Moore is listed at 77 St James Street between 1825 and 1842. (Blackmore) Read more »

Auction archive: Lot number 233
Auction:
Datum:
19 Oct 2016
Auction house:
Woolley and Wallis Salisbury Salerooms Ltd
Castle Street 51-61
Salisbury Wiltshire, SP1 3SU
United Kingdom
enquiries@woolleyandwallis.co.uk
+44 (0)1722 424500
+44 (0)1722 424508
Beschreibung:

A fine cased pair of .46 calibre percussion target pistols by Charles Moore twist browned octagonal rifled barrels 9.75 in., top flats engraved '77 St James Street LONDON', border engraved break-off breeches with 'C. MOORE LONDON PATENT' to platinum poincons and each with a platinum band, border and scroll engraved lock plates signed 'C. MOORE. LONDON', acanthus engraved hammers, locks with safety bars and detentes to the tumblers, walnut half stocks with horn fore end caps, impressed mark 'EA' to the barrel channels, engraved steel trigger guards with pineapple finials and finger rests, vacant gold escutcheons, chequered butts, horn tipped ramrods - one with steel worm under screw-off brass cover, matching serial number 1320 repeated on the barrels, breeches, trigger guards, inside the locks, and in the barrel channels, green baize lined oak case with label for James Woodward and Sons 'Successors to Charles Moore', with combined bullet, powder and cap flask, bullet mould, turnscrew and pricker set, and rammer. Charles Moore is listed at 77 St James Street between 1825 and 1842. (Blackmore) Read more »

Auction archive: Lot number 233
Auction:
Datum:
19 Oct 2016
Auction house:
Woolley and Wallis Salisbury Salerooms Ltd
Castle Street 51-61
Salisbury Wiltshire, SP1 3SU
United Kingdom
enquiries@woolleyandwallis.co.uk
+44 (0)1722 424500
+44 (0)1722 424508
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