A Rare 12-Bore Breech-Loading Percussion Blunderbuss-Pistol On The Clanricarde System By James Wilkinson & Son, Pall Mall, London, No. 4370 for 1832 With browned twist sighted barrel with belled flattened oval muzzle and engraved with foliage at the muzzle and breech, foliate engraved case-hardened action with sliding tip-up chamber, the top plate signed 'Wilkinson & Son Pall Mall London' on three scrolls, at the rear a pivoting block with engraved case-hardened locking lever, and at the front a blued thumb-plate with chequered finial, scroll engraved case-hardened tang incorporating the back-sight, signed scroll engraved case-hardened back-action lock, figured walnut half-stock (some bruising), flattened chequered butt cut for a shoulder stock, scroll engraved blued iron mounts, case-hardened trigger-plate with pineapple finial, silver escutcheon, and most of its original finish, London proof marks 15 7/8in. (40.4cm.)
A Rare 12-Bore Breech-Loading Percussion Blunderbuss-Pistol On The Clanricarde System By James Wilkinson & Son, Pall Mall, London, No. 4370 for 1832 With browned twist sighted barrel with belled flattened oval muzzle and engraved with foliage at the muzzle and breech, foliate engraved case-hardened action with sliding tip-up chamber, the top plate signed 'Wilkinson & Son Pall Mall London' on three scrolls, at the rear a pivoting block with engraved case-hardened locking lever, and at the front a blued thumb-plate with chequered finial, scroll engraved case-hardened tang incorporating the back-sight, signed scroll engraved case-hardened back-action lock, figured walnut half-stock (some bruising), flattened chequered butt cut for a shoulder stock, scroll engraved blued iron mounts, case-hardened trigger-plate with pineapple finial, silver escutcheon, and most of its original finish, London proof marks 15 7/8in. (40.4cm.)
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