16th Dec, 2020 10:30 GMT/BST

Militaria & Ethnographica

 
Lot 377
 

377

A 19th Century Double Barrel Over and Under Percussion Travelling Pistol by Bilson, Bury St...

A 19th Century Double Barrel Over and Under Percussion Travelling Pistol by Bilson, Bury St Edmunds, with 14.8cm turn-off browned steel barrels, numbered 1 and 2 and with Birmingham proof marks, the breech block with a hole drilled below each nipple, with signed foliate engraved lock, slide safety, concealed trigger and finely chequered bag butt with silver escutcheon, 29cm

Sold for £380
Estimated at £200 - £300


 

. Action works, holds at full and half cock. Some bruising to grip and rubbing to left side of butt. Pitting to bore. The concealed trigger does not lock into place.

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Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 16th Dec, 2020

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