A 28 BORE DAY'S PATENT PERCUSSION UNDERHAMMER WALKING
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A 28 BORE DAY'S PATENT PERCUSSION UNDERHAMMER WALKING STICK GUN, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, NO.18 CIRCA 1840
with tapering sighted barrel threaded at the breech, rounded under-hammer action with folding trigger, stamped '18' on the left, engraved 'Day's Patent UK' on top (worn), figured hardwood grip inset with a threaded iron collar (worn)
87.0 cm; 34 ¼ in overall
John Day patented this model of cane in 1823 under British Patent no. 4861. Apparently it was the most popular design for a cane of this type and was still in use circa 1859. See Winant 1956, p. 136.
with tapering sighted barrel threaded at the breech, rounded under-hammer action with folding trigger, stamped '18' on the left, engraved 'Day's Patent UK' on top (worn), figured hardwood grip inset with a threaded iron collar (worn)
87.0 cm; 34 ¼ in overall
John Day patented this model of cane in 1823 under British Patent no. 4861. Apparently it was the most popular design for a cane of this type and was still in use circa 1859. See Winant 1956, p. 136.
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A 28 BORE DAY'S PATENT PERCUSSION UNDERHAMMER WALKING
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