19TH CENTURY ENGLISH PERCUSSION PISTOL WESTLEY RICHARDS
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OFFERED HERE IS A MID 19TH CENTURY ENGLISH PERCUSSION PISTOL BY WESTLEY RICHARDS. * * THIS A FINE CIRCA 1850'S PERCUSSION DUELING PISTOL BY WESTLEY RICHARDS. THE GUN WAS MANUFACTURED TO "HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT". IT HAS AN OVERALL BEAUTIFUL FINISH. THE BARREL IS IN THE SHAPE OF AN OCTAGON AND IS MADE OF DAMASCUS STEEL. THE SIDE PANEL HAS THE NAME "RICHARDS" ENGRAVED INTO IT AND "LONDON" IS ENGRAVED ON TOP OF THE BARREL. THE SIDELOCK PERCUSSION MECHANISM WITH A FINELY CHISELED AND SCULPTED HAMMER AND LOCKPLATE WITH ENGRAVE BORDERS, PANELS AND SCROLLS BUTT CAP AND TRIGGER GUARD ENGRAVED. IT HAS A WALNUT STOCK THAT IS PARTIALLY CHEQUERED AND HAS AN ORIGINAL RAMROD. THE OVERALL LENGTH IS 9 1/2". IT WAS MADE BY THE ESTEEMED AND RENOWN MAKER "WILLIAM WESTLEY RICHARDS", WHO STARTED GUNSMITHING IN 1812. HE WAS A GUN MAKER TO PRINCE ALBERT AND DIED IN 1865. *
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19TH CENTURY ENGLISH PERCUSSION PISTOL WESTLEY RICHARDS
Estimate $1,500 - $2,310
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